There's Nothing To See Here

Today is Memorial Day when we ostensibly honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to this country.

How much honor can we demonstrate in a country that is incapable it appears to deliver truth and justice.  

This particular Memorial Day occurs within days of 35 Republican Senators who stood united in their refusal to investigate an attack on this country. 

Bipartisan legislation  to establish an independent commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was shut down by Senate Republicans.  The vote in favor of the commission was 54 to 35 but Senate rules require 60 votes for the measure to pass.  

If you're doing the math, that's a total of 89 votes in a legislative body with 100 members. Whither be the other 11?

They booked it out of Washington on Friday to get a jump on the Memorial Day weekend, cowardly avoiding the vote altogether.

Republicans twisted themselves in cowardly, hypocritical knots to justify being against a bipartisan bill supporting an independent investigation into the events of January 6th. A lot of whining that the Democrats are big ol' meanies who won't play fair and shit like that.  

But mostly it is as all things are these days for the Republican Party in deference to their dark lord and master, Donald Trump. 

Trump is still propagating the big lie that the 2020 Presidential election was fraudulent, that Trump really won and the election was stolen from him.

And a majority of Republicans are still riding the wake of Li'l Donnie's big lie because that's where the goddamn money is. 

In addition to Trump's own obvious culpability in the events of the January 6th attack on the Capitol by his supporters, there are several Republican congress persons who are implicit or explicit in their support of that attack. 

A bipartisan supported  independent investigation into the events of January 6th is the last thing the Republican Party wants. 

In addition to pointing an objective finger at Trump and his minions, the proposed commission would also offer insights into logistical concerns on the matter of Capitol security. Why were Capitol police caught off guard? Why were they so quickly overwhelmed? What took so long for the National Guard to be engaged to offer tactical support? 

An independent commission would provide a fair and honest assessment of the terrible events of January 6th. 

Fair and honest is the last thing a Republican Party suckled so closely to Donald Trump actually wants. 

They want to convince their constituents that as far as the events of January 6th are concerned, there's nothing to see here.