A Commentary by Patrick J. Buchanan
Friday, January 07, 2022
“Every Day Is Jan. 6 Now.”
On first read, I thought the Times was conceding its obsession and describing its mission. For the editorial began by bewailing yet anew the “horrifying” event, “the very real bloodshed of that awful day,” the “once-unthinkable trauma.”
Still, a year later, said the Times, “the Republic faces an existential threat,” as the “Capitol riot … continues in statehouses across the country, in a bloodless, legalized form that no police officer can arrest and that no prosecutor can try in court.””We should stop underestimating the threat facing the country. … (our) democracy … is in grave danger.”