Opinion | Why the Jan. 6 sentencings don't feel historic at all

that Reffitt was “planning to overtake our government” despite clear evidence on Jan. 6 of Reffitt possessing a firearm and saying in his own recording: “We’re all going to drag them motherf---ers out kicking and screaming, I don’t give a s---. I just want to see Pelosi’s head hit every f---ing stair on the way out, and Mitch McConnell too, f--- ‘em all... It’s time to take our country back... I think we have the numbers to make it happen.

Convicted felons like Reffitt, by all accounts an avid member of America’s white militia culture, will always have allies to help tone down the nature of their criminal intentions, as will Trump. The Puerto Rican in me believes that the United States does not really want to look at what went on during Jan. 6 because it can’t face the fact that a coup was actually being attempted.

Puerto Rican separatists over the years have fought for their freedom from a government that they feel unequivocally oppresses them and denies them basic rights, much like the early American colonists who fought against the British. Yet when it comes to the mostly white crowds who waged a mass attack on the U.S.

This is why this Puerto Rican doesn’t think the United States will ever learn from Jan. 6 and why my skepticism about the prospect of saving democracy still lingers.

julito77 Aww you don't feel good about tossing a 70yo grandma in prison for walking in a building bought and paid for by tax dollars?

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julito77 BLM terrorists were literally burning cities to the ground. And all you liberal pukes looked the other way. Nice work.

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julito77 Well that's because most Americans aren'y playing along with your little insurrection hysteria lol. But please go on, the play acting is pretty good, especially from Dick's daughter.

julito77 J6 was an obvious set up.

julito77 Remember back from 2016 - 2020 it was ok to question legitimacy of elections? Now these commies want to make it a crime.

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julito77 Lesson: don’t follow feds disguised as Trump supporters into the building.

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