If we take the time to look back at our life experiences, we will find instances when people we are acquainted with have accused others of terrible things because “they know.” In some cases, the accusers are later found to be guilty of very things they have placed on others.
Such accusations are a way of unburdening guilt and, at the same time, creating an alternate reality for personal and group comfort. Yet, history has a way of taking us to a point of reckoning about the truth of things that confronts lies and deceit.
Many times when we project our weaknesses and sins on others there is little thought given to a possible boomerang effect that will bring them back to our very doorstep. This is what is beginning to happen to former President Trump.
On June 16, 2015 Trump came down the golden escalators at Trump Tower in New York to announce his candidacy for president. Prominent in his remarks was his description of Latino immigrants as rapists and criminals.
Eight years later, a New York jury has found him liable for sexual abuse and awarded his accuser 5 million dollars in damages. So far, he has also been indicted on 71 counts of criminal behavior in 2 different cases, one in New York and the latest one in a Miami, Florida federal court.
His alleged crimes include falsifying business records to cover up hush money to a porn star during his campaign for President, a violation of the Espionage Act that prohibits the retention of national security documents, conspiracy with others to commit a crime, making false statements to investigating authorities, obstruction of a federal investigation, mishandling of official documents and contempt of court in willfully disobeying a court order.
Several grand juries are still deliberating on other serious charges including attempts to “steal” the 2020 presidential election through coercion and violence.
Donald Trump lost his 2020 reelection for President and then decided to find a way to continue for another term or more. One of the efforts to reverse his defeat was to file 65 lawsuits, only to lose them all.
At the same time, he was projecting his own attempts to “steal” the election on several battleground state vote counting mechanisms. A “Stop the Steal” Movement led by his MAGA political base was even organized to promote a different outcome from what the vote totals indicated in these states.
Furthermore, some of the attempts to steal votes to change the 2020 election outcome was led personally by President Trump
Most visible in this regard, was his phone call to the Georgia Secretary of State asking to him find 11,780 votes for the President that, at the time, was 1 more than 11,779 by which he had lost the state.
The most prominent event in the effort to reverse the 2020 election was the January 6, 2021 attack by MAGA activists on the national capitol. This attack, led by Donald Trump constitutes a naked attempt to deny the certification of the vote and keep the President in power through violence and insurrection.
The violence done to this and other institutions is immeasurable and long-term. This all happened because Trump wanted to stay in office even if the people said no.
In these difficult times, it is most important to live our lives as close as we can to the motto, “honor, duty and country.” It is most important that we are accountable to ourselves for these words because the Big Lie is still out there.
The views expressed by David Conde are not necessarily the views of LaVozColorado. Comments and responses may be directed to news@lavozcolorado.com.
