{"id":64301,"date":"2024-12-14T13:16:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T21:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64301"},"modified":"2024-12-25T12:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-25T20:37:14","slug":"some-democrats-are-planning-to-boycott-the-inauguration-of-trump-heres-a-better-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=64301","title":{"rendered":"Some Democrats are Planning to Boycott the Inauguration of Trump. Here’s a Better Idea!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a little more than a month, Donald Trump will stand on the steps of the Capital that he sent his StormTrumpers to assault about four years ago in an attempt to undermine democracy. While there he will lie that he swears to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”<\/em> That’s the same Constitution that he has said that he wants to terminate<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Six weeks after Election Day and it’s still hard to comprehend how even a razor-thin slice of American voters could have chosen to allow Trump to reoccupy the White House. Those who voted for Trump managed to set aside that he is a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist who tried to overthrow the government. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The list of Trump’s malfeasance and immorality is long and loathsome.<\/p>\n

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There are now reports that some Democratic members of Congress are planning to boycott Trump’s inauguration. It is totally understandable why they would consider passing up what, under normal circumstances, would be a celebration of democracy and the peaceful transfer of power. But there will be nothing to celebrate next month when an unambiguously anti-American huckster assumes the leadership of the country. As Axios reports<\/a><\/strong>…<\/p>\n

“More than a dozen congressional Democrats plan to sit out President-elect Trump’s inauguration, and many more are anxiously grappling with whether to attend, Axios has learned. […] For many Democrats, the scars of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol remain fresh in the mind, marking Trump as a threat to democracy.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

However, as justifiable as it would be to snub Trump’s swearing in, there is another option that might make more sense. Turn it in to a “swearing at.”<\/em> Democrats, and other patriots, could attend the inauguration and transform it into a protest. They could carry signs reminding the American people that Trump is an ethical nightmare and a criminal. They can even cause a peaceful disruption when he attempts to lie about preserving and protecting the Constitution.<\/p>\n

What’s more, they could follow up the inaugural ceremony by remaining at the Capital after Trump leaves to pay tribute to the law enforcement officers who were injured or died as a result of the January 6th insurrection that Trump incited. And they could even incorporate a memorial to Martin Luther King Jr., whose holiday just happens to coincide with Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n

We need to find creative ways to respond to the horror of having to endure another four years of Trumpism. We need to find reasons to be positive and productive as we resist his aspirations for a dystopian dictatorship. And that can all begin on day one of Trump 2.0, right on the Capital steps. Trump’s inauguration would be a great place to demonstrate to the nation and the world that he’s a loathsome cretin who most Americans despise. LFG!<\/p>\n

NOTICE:<\/strong> There is another event being planned for January 18, 2025, two days before Trump’s inauguration: The People’s March<\/a><\/strong>, sponsored by a collection of progressive organization in order to “demand and defend our freedoms against fascism.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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