The Trump Insurrection on Jan. 6.

Monday, Jan. 6, 2025,  marks the fourth anniversary of Donald Trump's deadly January 6 insurrection.

And Donald Trump—who pledged to pardon the insurrectionists on his "first day"—is just days away from taking office.¹

nine people died and more than 150 people were injured as a result of the white supremacist attack on our Capitol.²

Law enforcement officials have charged more than 1,500 people with crimes related to the insurrection—but Trump has pledged to pardon them, continuing his pattern of promoting violence, corruption, and favors for MAGA loyalists.³

Shameless.

We cannot allow Trump to get away with pardoning his lawless and violent cronies.

 

MoveOn 

We cannot allow Trump to get away with pardoning his lawless and violent cronies.

 

MoveOn 

 

How Trump Inverted the Violent History of Jan. 6

The president-elect and his allies have spent four years reinventing the Capitol attack — spreading conspiracy theories and weaving a tale of martyrdom to their ultimate political gain.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/us/politics/january-6-capitol-riot-trump.html

 

 

The Insurrection Moves to the States

Joe Biden said it well. 

 President Joe Biden.  Jan. 6, 2022.

 

“For the first time in our history, a president had not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the Capitol. But they failed. They failed. And on this day of remembrance, we must make sure that such attack never, never happens again.

 

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This wasn't a group of tourists. This is an armed insurrection. They weren't looking to uphold the will of the people. They were looking to deny the will of the people. They were looking to uphold – they weren't looking to hold a free and fair election. They were looking to overturn one. They weren't looking to save the cause of America. They were looking to subvert the Constitution. This isn't about being bogged down in the past. This is about making sure the past isn't buried. 

 

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The former president's supporters are trying to rewrite history. They want you to see Election Day as the day of insurrection. And the riot that took place there on January 6th as a true expression of the will of the people. 

Can you think of a more twisted way to look at this country, to look at America? I cannot. 

Here's the truth. The election of 2020 was the greatest demonstration of democracy in the history of this country. More of you voted in that election than have ever voted in all of American history. Over 150 million Americans went to the polls and voted that day in a pandemic. Some at great risk to their lives. They should be applauded, not attacked.

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Right now in state after state, new laws are being written. Not to protect the vote, but to deny it. Not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert it, not to strengthen or protect our democracy, but because the former president lost. Instead of looking at election results from 2020 and saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, the former president and his supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections. 

It's wrong. It's undemocratic, and frankly, it's un-American. 

End of quote.

What we know today is that the insurrectionists have moved from Washington D.C. to state capitols, mostly in the South and swing states.  We must organize to defeat this insurrection.

Here is our plan. 

https://www.dsanorthstar.org/blog/where-do-we-go-from-here-dsa-north-star-and-the-crisis

Are you ready to join us?

 

https://www.dsanorthstar.org/join-us.html