Commentator George Will compares the Capitol riot on January 6th to September 11th when discussing the need for a commission. Will appeared on ABC’s “This Week” round table to discuss the controversy.
Will says the reason there is push back for a commission on the Capitol riots is because of the Republican party.
“Well, it’s controversial for one reason. We have something new in American history. We have a political party defined by the terror it feels for its own voters. That’s the Republican Party right now…
Every elected official is frightened of his voters, therefore doesn’t respect his voters and doesn’t like his voters and is afraid that a vote for this would be seen as an insult to the 45th president.”
He goes on to say a lot of information will start to come to light as more investigations of the riots move forward. That’s when he vocalizes his support for a commission by comparing it to 9/11.
“I would like to see January 6th burned into the American mind as firmly as 9/11 because it was that scale of a shock to the system.”
Tony Katz says that’s comparing apples to oranges. September 11th being a terrorist attack, while the other is American citizens attempting to hold their government accountable.
You think this is akin to September 11th? That’s a fool-hearty thing to say and an awful thing to say. First, we’re a country based on revolution. Second, we’re a country based on speaking its mind to power.
Katz says the riot on the Capitol was wrong. He also points out the reality of a commission, something Will hasn’t grasped.
Of course anyone who knows anything about history, would know that a ‘commission’ is just a tool utilized to go after political enemies. This isn’t the days of 9/11, this is 20 years removed, and this Democratic Party has shown you that the ends justify the means in all ways, shapes, and forms.
