John,
 
While a lot of the testimony in the first January 6th Committee hearing focused on the attack on the Capitol, it also revealed more of the larger picture. It revealed the planning that went on, not just to stop Congress from certifying results and confirming that Joe Biden defeated Trump, but to overturn the will of the voters and irreparably damage our democracy by any means, just to keep Trump in power.
 
 
 
For me, last night’s hearing demonstrated the gravity of what Donald Trump did and showcased the compelling evidence to come. I was in the House chamber as the doors were barricaded and insurrectionists were trying to force their way in. And, yes, we should clearly be upset about what happened on January 6th, and we should work to prevent it from ever happening again.
 
But we should also be upset by Trump’s fake elector scheme involving the chair of the Georgia GOP.
 
We should be upset by Trump’s attempts to pressure Georgia officials “to find 11,780 votes,” the exact number of votes he would have needed to overtake Joe Biden in the statewide count.
 
We should be upset that a handful of Trump lawyers, MAGA lawmakers, and disgraced former officials like Mike Flynn and Rudy Giuliani thought they could outflank our Constitution.
 
We should be upset that Trump tried to pressure Mike Pence into single-handedly discarding the will of the electorate.
 
We should be upset that at every turn, Donald Trump’s primary concern was his own ego. And we should be upset that he was willing to upend our democracy and end the American experiment to keep his fragile self-image intact.
 
 
 
As we heard last night, Trump knew that he’d lost the election. But he still tried everything he could to remain President. That’s called a dictatorship, and it is the antithesis of the America I know.
 
Hank Johnson
(he/him)

 
 
   
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