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Podcast: I Feel Snitty

Episode 203: Can You Hear Me Now? Part 6

Premiere Date: 7/9/2022

Length: 6:00 (1,022 words)

Link: https://ifeelsnitty.podbean.com/e/can-you-hear-me-now-part-6/

Transcript: 

Welcome to I Feel Snitty, episode 203, entitled, “Can You Hear Me Now? Part 6.” I’m your host, Craig Rozniecki.

 

Well, due to the fact the most recent January 6^th hearing took place on June 28^th and I left town on June 29^th, I was unable to air a podcast about it until after the holiday weekend. I just now got around to it and have to echo the sentiments of most analysts, in saying it was, and I quote, “the bombshelliest” testimony yet. Okay, so I don’t know of anyone else who used that exact term, but you get the point, or at least I hope you do.

 

Just before the holiday weekend, where we were to celebrate this nation’s independence, former White House aide and assistant to former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows – Cassidy Hutchinson – testified, and boy, did she ever testify…

 

Allow me to provide a brief summary of her most jaw-dropping statements. She claimed, and I’ll be paraphrasing here…

-        …several Republicans sought pardons from then “president” Trump for their roles in attempting to overturn the results from the 2020 presidential election – including one Mark Meadows.

-        …many in Trump’s circle repeatedly pointed to January 6^th as the day of note, where something big – without getting specific – was going to take place. Some, like Meadows, though, did say they were worried about potential violence on said day.

-        …Donald Trump didn’t care that many of his rally attendees were armed. He knew they weren’t there to hurt him, so he requested the metal detectors inside the Capitol be removed and they be allowed in.

-        …Trump seemed to take no issue with the prospect of “vice president” Pence getting hanged – even going so far as to say that “maybe he deserved it.”

-        …there were apparently three different camps of Trump supporters inside the White House that day: 1) Those who wanted the Russian puppet to make an immediate statement for his supporters to go home peacefully, 2) Those who felt he should make such a call to his supporters, but also didn’t want to upset him, so they played things down the middle, and 3) Those who wanted to deflect the blame to antifa, Black Lives Matter, etc.

-        …, after then Attorney General Bill Barr said he had found no evidence of widespread voter fraud, Trump allegedly became so angry, he threw his lunch at the wall, and aides – including Ms. Hutchinson – then had to clean ketchup off it. This was apparently not the first time such an event had taken place – not even close to it.

-        …, after he entered The Beast (the presidential limo) post-January 6^th speech, and was told he had to return to the White House, as opposed to the Capitol, Trump allegedly became so angry, he attempted to grab the steering wheel, and then the driver’s neck.

-        …things got so bad, even Nazi-sympathizers Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham texted Trump and told him to stop the madness.

 

So, in other words, according to former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, Donald Trump and his minions, despite knowing full well violence was quite possible, planned something big for January 6^th, in an effort to overturn a democratically-held presidential election. On January 6^th, Donald Trump wanted to let his armed rally attendees into the Capitol, knowing they weren’t there to hurt him. When told they wouldn’t be taking him back to the Capitol, he physically assaulted his driver. He seemed perfectly at ease with his vice president being hanged. It then took him hours to tell his rally attendees anything to the effect that they should go home. Several members of Congress sought pardons from him for their criminal actions in attempting to help overturn the election. Oh, and Trump apparently had a thing for throwing dishes at walls when he didn’t get his way.

 

Allow this to all sink in for a moment…

 

A “president” of the United States wanted his vice president and anyone else, who potentially stood in his way of overturning a democratically-held presidential election, killed.

 

With each hearing, it becomes clearer what took place on January 6^th, and what led up to it. January 6^th was Donald Trump and his inner-circle’s last ditch effort to overturn the 2020 election results, and they were willing to do anything, and I mean anything in order to not relinquish power.

 

Like the other witnesses, I have a difficult time hailing Cassidy Hutchinson as a hero. Have we really sunk that low, to where we label a person as heroic for simply not being as weak, corrupt, and immoral as those around them? Sadly, that seems increasingly likely, but I’m not willing to go there just yet. Unlike the other witnesses, however, Ms. Hutchinson is a 26-year-old woman, who had a long, bright future ahead of her in the Republican Party, and unless the party breaks free of the seeming stranglehold Donald Trump has over them, she could very well be blacklisted from positions inside the GOP. She placed much more on the line than any preceding witness with her testimony, and I’ll actually be curious to see where her career goes from here.

 

It is truly amazing how close we came to losing our country, and sadly, a large percentage of the Republican Party doesn’t care. In fact, they’re continually making it progressively easier for such a horrific event to occur again. It’s no wonder they mock the antifa movement. Antifa is an abbreviation for “anti-fascist.” The Republican Party went full-on fascist under Donald Trump, and are showing no signs of slowing. The Democratic Party may not be perfect, but it believes in everyone’s right to vote. When the people decide elections, we can feel some semblance of assurance we reside in a democracy. When the government decides elections, however – as the Republican Party essentially wants to happen, “freedom” will become as hollow as the casket awaiting its arrival.

 

That’s it for today’s episode. Until next time, you can find me on Podbean, Amazon, Twitter, Facebook, and Blogger. This has been I Feel Snitty, with Craig Rozniecki. Take care.