6 January 2021

Many supporters of the Trump Administration put their last hopes for a second Trump term on what Congress could do on 6 January by rejecting the Electoral College results or at least attached its acceptance to a mandate to audit or investigate the allegations of widespread voter fraud.

As it turned out, the overwhelmingly peaceful rally in support of President Trump turned into a lawless rampage by a few -likely planted- participants which resulted in the storming of the Capitol and delay of the Congressional session. Without a doubt, those who violated the law and broke into the Capitol, causing damage to the symbol of our Democracy should be punished to the fullest extent allowed by federal law. Their illegal activity did nothing to help the cause they claimed to be fighting for but rather likely turned more moderate or independent Americans against Trump and his supporters and the cause of Conservatism including commitment to the Constitution as the founders intended.

If democracy is to prevail over the Democratic-Socialist agenda sought by liberals in the Democratic Party, those who stand for the Constitution and the ideals of our founding fathers must be examples of law-abiding citizens, seeking to build a stronger country and better government through legal means rather than violent ones.

Several miles from D.C. in the battleground state of Georgia, this day revealed the loss of Republican control of the Senate giving the Democrats complete control of our government, though with the narrowest of margins. A highlight of the Georgia runoff elections, however, was the election of the first black Senator from Georgia, for which the voters should be commended, though his affiliation with the Democratic Party sullies the celebration for many Americans, while many ministers questioned how this minister-turned-Senator could be part of the Democratic party and support abortion.

As January 6th goes down as a low point in American history, patriots across our country must not hunker down in dread of four years of a Democratic president and two years of a Democratic controlled House and Senate, but should begin now the work to get Conservative Republicans elected to every seat up for election in the mid-terms. We must not become disenchanted with our democratic system of government because of the very likely possibility of voter fraud in the 2020 election, or at least a mishandling of the process, but should work to see that our state legislatures ensure the election process in every state is transparent, fair and executed according to state and federal laws.

Published by Daryl Densford

I am an ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene serving as an active-duty Army Chaplain. I am currently an ethics instructor at the U.S. Army Aviation School at Fort Rucker, Alabama.

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