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In reply to the discussion: Every Congressman that took part in this seditious act should be censured on the floor of the House. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Lies have the advantage with dissemination early on, can be tailored to whatever is needed at the moment, but their weakness is that they're LIES, not true, and that they lose power and become disproven with time.
No matter what tactics our leadership chooses in the short term, what you say will happen in the long term.
All these people committed a huge betrayal of their oaths, their nation, their constituents, their families, and everything they were supposed to stand for. That's not going away. Future Republicans, or whatever they call themselves, will disavow them and students will learn about them in high school and college because their actions in this election will "live on in infamy."
We've never had such a low point of betrayal devoid of principle. The secessionists who formed the Confederacy from their own states with strong support from majorities in those states don't even come close.