by Joseph Levendusky The events of Wednesday January 6, 2021 shocked our nation profoundly. Until recently, it had been widely thought that such things could not happen in the United States. Countless souls immigrate here from troubled spots around the world expressly because the political violence they have become inured to does not happen in our land. As welcome as they may be at the moment, pronouncements by Republicans about democracy, rule of law and the sanctity of the American political process contain massive globs of hypocrisy. Republicans hear this: Without question, the Frankenstein that invaded your citadel on Wednesday was a monster of your own creation. Donald Trump doubtlessly incited the storming of…
