Chillicothe
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Many threads. And just a recent one in the last day or two about the now convicted criminal who the DOJ proved was one of the initiators of the first breach when he --and others ----violently forced steel gating against officers (giving a concussion to one female officer) and then led the crowd over that breach. Good that such violent offenders are apprehended and appropriately punished.
That is as it should be....both the punishment to convicted offenders and the continuing attention on the realities of J6 and the machinations by Don Trump, his enablers, and the MAGA movement that led to the violence and threat to America that was January 6th.
And that 'attention' must continue. It WAS a threat to our democracy as that recent Frontline documentary ably articulated. J6 WAS different in type and implication than some knucklehead throwing a trashcan through a Nike store window during the protests over police brutality in the summer of 2020.
Which brings us to Rusty Bowers.
If you recall, Bowers was a high Republican official in Arizona who was a true and loyal Trump supporter and fervidly wanted Trump to win the election in 2020. He even introduced Trump from the podium in a campaign visit to Arizona. He was the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, and had worked his way up as a Republican legislator over 27yrs.
But the ham-handed attempt to steal the election for Trump by Rudy Giuliani, his sidekick, Jenna Ellis, and by Don Trump himself repelled Bowers. As he so ably testified....he was shocked by their amateurish and clearly illegal attempts to get the election reversed in Arizona.
Here is a 'pull-out' from that recent Frontline documentary that allowed Bowers to speak his mind.
It is worth watching. And Bowers is worth watching as a conscientious and responsible legislator.....and citizen. America would be well served to elect more such loyal citizens as Bowers.
IMHO
That is as it should be....both the punishment to convicted offenders and the continuing attention on the realities of J6 and the machinations by Don Trump, his enablers, and the MAGA movement that led to the violence and threat to America that was January 6th.
And that 'attention' must continue. It WAS a threat to our democracy as that recent Frontline documentary ably articulated. J6 WAS different in type and implication than some knucklehead throwing a trashcan through a Nike store window during the protests over police brutality in the summer of 2020.
Which brings us to Rusty Bowers.
If you recall, Bowers was a high Republican official in Arizona who was a true and loyal Trump supporter and fervidly wanted Trump to win the election in 2020. He even introduced Trump from the podium in a campaign visit to Arizona. He was the Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives, and had worked his way up as a Republican legislator over 27yrs.
But the ham-handed attempt to steal the election for Trump by Rudy Giuliani, his sidekick, Jenna Ellis, and by Don Trump himself repelled Bowers. As he so ably testified....he was shocked by their amateurish and clearly illegal attempts to get the election reversed in Arizona.
Here is a 'pull-out' from that recent Frontline documentary that allowed Bowers to speak his mind.
It is worth watching. And Bowers is worth watching as a conscientious and responsible legislator.....and citizen. America would be well served to elect more such loyal citizens as Bowers.
IMHO

Rusty Bowers, Witness on a Central Charge of Trump Indictment, Speaks Out | FRONTLINE
Rusty Bowers is one of numerous Republican witnesses who share inside accounts of Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in ‘Democracy on Trial,’ a FRONTLINE documentary on the roots of the federal criminal case against the former president.
www.pbs.org