For any left who still defend Merrick Garland (for unknown reasons) - once the Tangerine pardons all of the J6 losers

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2. Little about that matters now that Donnie is being returned to power

Fault now lies with the Supreme Court and congress and our institutions generally for failing to enforce the 14th amendment and leaving us with a tyrant in the Oval Office.

Garland was certainly a part of that by not going after more key players in the insurrection, Donnie himself in particular, though it's not at all clear that was a winnable case in practice even though we all know what happened.

But the supremes could have upheld Colorado refusing to put him on the ballot, e.g., which may have had a broader impact, and may have led to challenges in the electoral vote counting had he won anyway. Institutionally, we rolled over at that point.

FWIW, many of the j6ers have fully served their time already. So a good number have been punished. On the other hand, most probably think it was worth it now that they won by getting him back in power, albeit 4 years later than they were hoping.

Not a defense of garland, just noting that he's just one part of a collective failure.