Subject: Re: Jan 6 picnicker gets 5 years

Mike, are you obtuse? "close to "losing our democracy" as you stated is very different from "he has not seen a more dangerous threat to democracy than the "invasion" of the Capitol on Jan. 6, which he called in written testimony a "heinous attack" and "intolerable assault."

Close to losing our democracy implies a "but for X", we would have lost our democracy. I haven't seen that. I do think this may have started a downhill slide. Make no mistake, when Garland says that, he means it,and it is. Jan 6 is a heinous attack on our democracy perpetrated by the right wing. It is INTOLERABLE. The right wing still is the most dangerous threat to our democracy. The right wing needs to be told that and you need to recognize that.