Fix These Faces

The words used by politicians and media blowhards to describe the violence in Washington DC on January 6 include insurrection, uprising, rebellion, riot, sedition, violent occupation, and (attempted) coup.

All accurate enough, although attempted coup is easily the most dead-on. I’ve also heard it referred to, oddly and perhaps less accurately, as “sad.”

It was an ugly, sickening, appalling outrage for which there must be swift and merciless payback. This was clearly a well-planned operation by MAGA minions with the short-term goal of taking and perhaps executing hostages (Pelosi et al), and the longer-term goal of using those left alive as leverage to keep Trump in power. Its failure was a matter of luck and does not minimize the attempt in the slightest.

A century ago eight MLB players were banned from baseball for life, because they conspired to throw the 1919 World Series. They took bribes to lose on purpose.

The scandal didn’t break for a year, and it took another year before the players were put on trial. As it developed, they were acquitted after key evidence (confessions) conveniently disappeared.

And yet the players were all banned for life. A newspaper published their pictures along with this caption: “Fix these faces in your memory...”

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And now treasonous Trump and his MAGA maggots, aided and abetted by treasonous Republicans in the House and Senate, have conspired in an attempt to overturn an election and subvert the United States Constitution, a document Trump and each of these lawmakers swore an oath to uphold. They supported this attempt to reverse the election results with a fascist fig leaf: zero evidence of alleged voter fraud, put forth by the most transparently corrupt, grotesque caricature of a politician to ever hold elected office.

Each one of these anti-democratic, anti-American lawmakers should be kicked out of office. Those who are lawyers should be disbarred, and all should be banned for life from ever again holding an office, elected or appointed. Each one of them – including Trump – should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and the judge should make an example of them – should throw the book at them.

The following is a partial list of Republican lawmakers who participated in this insurrection, sedition, and/or coup. Their spineless leader was Trump. Co-conspirators include Rudy Giuliani and Trump Jr. There are others. The minions will be back.

Fix these names and faces in your memory.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)

Rep. Ralph Abraham (R-La.)

Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.)

Rep. Rick W. Allen (R-Ga.)

Rep. James R. Baird (R-Ind.)

Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich.)

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.)

Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fla.)

Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.)

Rep. Mike Bost (R-Ill.)

Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas)

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)

Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.)

Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.)

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Michael C. Burgess (R-Texas)

Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.)

Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.)

Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-La.)

Rep. Ben Cline (R-Va.)

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas)

Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas)

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.)

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas)

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.)

Rep. Neal P. Dunn (R-Fla.)

Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.)

Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kan.)

Rep. A. Drew Ferguson, IV (R-Ga.)

Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas)

Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)

Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.)

Rep. Russ Fulcher (R-Idaho)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)

Rep. Greg Gianforte (R-Mont.)

Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio)

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)

Rep. Lance Gooden (R-Texas)

Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.)

Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.)

Rep. Andy Harris (R-Md.)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.)

Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)

Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.)

Rep. Trey Hollingsworth (R-Ind.)

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.)

Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.)

Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio)

Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.)

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio)

Rep. John Joyce (R-Pa.)

Rep. Fred Keller (R-Pa.)

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)

Rep. Trent Kelly (R-Miss.)

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa)

Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Darin LaHood (R-Ill.)

Rep. Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.)

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.)

Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio)

Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.)

Rep. Blaine Leutkemeyer (R-Mo.)

Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)

Rep. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.)

Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.)

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers (R-Wash.)

Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.)

Rep. Carol D. Miller (R-W.V.)

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.)

Rep. Alex X. Mooney (R-W.V.)

Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.)

Rep. Gregory Murphy (R-N.C.)

Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.)

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.)

Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)

Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.)

Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.)

Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.)

Rep. John Rose (R-Tenn.)

Rep. David Rouzer (R-N.C.)

Rep. John Rutherford (R-Fla.)

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.)

Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.)

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)

Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)

Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.)

Rep. Ross Spano (R-Fla.)

Rep. Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.)

Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-Pa.)

Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wisc.)

Rep. William Timmons (R-S.C.)

Rep. Ann Wagner (R-Mo.)

Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.)

Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.)

Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas)

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.)

Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)

Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.)

Rep. Roger Williams (R-Texas)

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.)

Rep. Rob Wittman (R-Va.)

Rep. Ron Wright (R-Texas)

Rep. Ted S. Yoho (R-Fla.)

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.)

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)

Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas)

Rep. Brian Babin (R-Texas)

Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.)

Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.)

Rep. Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.)

Rep. Jody Hice (R-Ga.)

Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.)

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.)

Rep. Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.)

Rep. Greg Pence (R-Ind.)

Rep. Bill Posey (R-Fla.)

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.)

Rep. W. Gregory Steube (R-N.J.)

Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.)

Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.)