Posted on 02/03/2021 8:39:30 AM PST by yesthatjallen
NBC News presidential historian Michael Beschloss said Tuesday he wants to see the deadly riots at the Capitol on Jan. 6 memorialized with the seriousness and solemnity as the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
He made the case in two places: During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" and on Twitter.
"Conceivably, this could have taken away our democracy and this is one reason why I think we have to observe the 6th of January every single year as a time that we had a very close call to remind us that we have to be eternally vigilant because democracy is fragile," he told Maddow, mentioning how "close" the rioters were, in his opinion, to "assassinations and/or hostage-taking."
On Twitter, he restated his points. "January 6 should be an annual day of national remembrance from now on. Americans should never forget exactly how close our democracy came to being fractured and how zealously we must always work to protect it," he wrote.
Beschloss went on, "On both September 11, 2001, and January 6, 2021, terrorist haters of democracy tried to attack our Capitol and Congress. But on January 6, they actually managed to invade the building and put our leaders and our democracy in danger. We had a close call and must never forget."
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“And every January 6th, we eat chicken to remind us how our brave politicians ran like scared chickens to get away from Americans with deadly flags.”
I guess it beats the alternative.
Our Republic is gone. Who gives a crap about Democracy?
This jackass was a regular guest of radio legend Don Imus over the years, and Imus exposed him as a fraud without even trying. It occurred during a radio interview some months into Obama’s first term back in 2009, as I remember it. I’ll paraphrase the exchange here:
BESCHLOSS: “I believe Barack Obama has the highest IQ of any president in U.S. history.”
IMUS: “Really? What’s his IQ?”
The uncomfortable dead silence at the other end of the phone line captured the idiocy of that statement perfectly. No serious presidential historian would ever make an outlandish statement like that without having even the most basic piece of information he’d need to support it.
Regret much?
This would be similar to the thief reminding himself of how the last time he almost got caught.
Yes, growing old is bad until you consider the alternative..............
Yes and the left is going to squeeze everything they can out of it, for as long as possible. The hand wringing, spit-slinging, angry fist waving, and moaning about it all is never going to stop as they command and lecture us to ignore the facts.
Same as it ever was, only more.
Peach
This is the bad government and absurdity that you get when the media is owned and controlled by those with an adherent to only ONE IDEOLOGY. California, Chicago, Portland and Seattle etc are what you get when your state and cities are controlled by ONE PARTY.
The moral is that every politically influential entity must have an opposing and opposite influence or bad government and corruption rules.
Where were you on 1/6 when we almost lost Democracy in America?
Here’s my video of where I was...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHIwiKvdY7E
Thats great...hope you have saved a copy and put it in a time capsule
Beschloss is supposed to be a historian.
Guess he forgot about the _real_ attack on the Capitol:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_United_States_Capitol_shooting
You know—the one where _actual_ Congress-critters were shot on the floor...
And there was no law enforcement presence because they knew they didn't need it. Anyone who has been to a Trump rally in the last five years knows that the attendees are among the most law-abiding people you'll ever meet.
He has the historical perspective of a gerbil.
Not a single one was armed, not even with boxcutters. What a clown.
I assume you are referring to the congresspersons who are still running amuck, lol
False Flag Day.
ROTFLMChristianFreeAmericanUnsodomizedAO!
January 6th was a warm up.
Just wait till we REALLY get pissed. You’ll know it.
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