Not An Insurrection Either

The left's instinctive response to virtually every Islamist terrorist attack is to twist itself into knots trying to explain why it wasn't an Islamist terrorist attack.  The January 6th riot wasn't a terrorist attack.  More importantly, it wasn't an "insurrection" either, which is the left's preferred term.

Insurrection is a specific legal term, and January 6th does not qualify as an insurrection.  That's why no one has been formally charged with the crime of insurrection.  (You can read more at the link below.)  Congress is full of left-wing lawyers. They know that the use of this term is legally wrong. 

Here's what we must understand:  They have a plan, in which Liz Cheney is a co-conspirator, to issue a report on the January 6th turmoil that accuses not only some people who breached the Capitol, but more importantly, Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Mark Meadows and others of inciting an insurrection. 

I can see it now.  There will be a press conference of left-wing constitutional law professors arguing that because Trump's goal was an insurrection, he and several conservative members of Congress are disqualified under the 14th Amendment from ever seeking office again. 

Passed in the aftermath of the Civil War, the 14th Amendment states that "No person shall . . . hold any office . . . who [has] engaged in insurrection or rebellion against" the United States. 

That's the purpose of all this.  It's yet another example of the left criminalizing politics. 

They not only want to stop Trump, they want to stop anyone like him.  They want to "brand" any populist conservative with a "Scarlet I" – I for insurrection – and ban them from running for office. 

(For additional information:  Stop Calling January 6th An "Insurrection.")