Remembering Jan. 6, 2021: The 5th anniversary of the attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election
Five years on, the world is in an even more dangerous place than it was at the end of Trump’s first term.
The election was over, and Donald Trump had lost. The 45th President’s first term in office was marked with historic failures: a disastrous reaction to COVID-19, ruinous foreign policy, broken relationships with key allies, and rising prices across the board.
Trump was voted out; Biden, and normality, was in.
But the former reality TV star did not like that. And for the first time in American history, a losing election candidate refused to accept the results, calling it ‘a fraud’ and stoking the flames of unrest.
Mobs gathered at the Capitol - perhaps the most prominent and meaningful physical symbol of democracy in the modern world - and stormed the building as the results of the free and fair election held in the, ahem, Land of the Free were being ratified.
Starting January 6th, Democrats should spend every day releasing the Jack Smith testimony. Our President is a criminal and he is now using our military to wag the dog and divert attention. https://t.co/XVhrEadHqx
— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) January 3, 2026
Anyone previously on Trump’s side, including his Vice President, who did not support him in this unprecedented call to action, was banished.
“The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit," former Special Counsel Jack Smith said in a testimony given on December 17 to the House Judiciary Committee.
The current President of the United States is the most petty and megalomaniacal bully that the world has ever seen: the plaque honouring the police officers who fought against the criminals - all of which are now pardoned by Trump - on January 6 2021 has been removed. Just like the photo of Joe Biden that has been removed from the White House, replaced with an image of an autopen signature of the 46th leader of the United States. If Trump slept with a teddy bear it wouldn’t make him any more childish than he already is.
🚨HOLY COW: In footage Republicans don’t want you to see, Jack Smith confirms Donald Trump was the CAUSE of January 6.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) December 31, 2025
They released it on New Year’s Eve to bury it. Let’s get it everywhere.
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At the centre of it all is an infinite sense of narcissism and a pernicious perception of immunity, the two salient features of Trump’s deluded personality. He knew nothing would happen, despite fuelling the flames of violence on the streets he claims to protect, but he never imagined it might go as well as it did. Five years on, and the man who started the insurrection is back in power. Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice - how did George Bush put it?
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