Olaf Schlüter
Jan 15, 2021

Trumps call for insurrection began on the day he proclaimed himself the winner of the election 2020 and continued for two months up to the day when all legal options to challenge the result of the election where gone for good and some illegal attempts, like the call to Raffelsberger or asking Pence to reject the results, had failed already. Trumps followers then resorted to the only option remaining: violence.

As what would one expect from a crowd that was told for two months "we can't let this happen!"? "This" has always been what was about to happen on January, 6 in Congress.

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Olaf Schlüter
Olaf Schlüter

Written by Olaf Schlüter

IT security specialist, Physicist by education, believing in God as for the exceptional harmony of the laws of nature to create and support life.

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