Followers of Donald Trump besiege US Capitol, January 6, 2021 (Kenny Holston/New York Times)
I joined BBC Radio Scotland’s Laura MacIver and Monocle 24’s Emma North on Friday to discuss how the Capitol Attack hearings have exposed Donald Trump’s coup attempt, with the latest testimony and videos about his refusal to intervene during the assault on January 6, 2021.
I summarize the revelations and discuss whether Trump will ever be held accountable for his attempt to overturn the election through the incitement of violence.
Listen to BBC Radio Scotland from 1:37.21
People are saying gripping TV, dramatic TV. More importantly, it was TV which is necessary for accountability — at least politically. We’ll see where it goes legally.
There will be supporters of Donald Trump who will follow him through hell and high water. But is that a majority of Americans?
See also Capitol Attack Hearings: Trump’s Refusal to Halt Assault and Threat to Lives
EA on Monocle 24: Trump Busted Over Attempt to Lead Capitol Attack
Listen to Monocle 24 from 18:43
This was a man who, having pursued a coup attempt through his supporters, did not stop the threat to live in that attack but thought it was justified — because the election, in his mind, was not over.
It’s one matter for us as we try to connect the dots, and then it’s another when it is brought to life — or, rather, the threat to life — as you hear the audio of security personnel calling their families to say goodbye.
With breakthrough COVID cases commonplace, experts set expectations about ‘vaccine efficacy’: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/breakthrough-covid-cases-commonplace-experts-set-expectations-vaccine/story?id=85570454
“The astoundingly high levels of protection against infection that was initially observed, especially for the mRNA vaccines, created by Pfizer and Moderna, have largely dissipated, especially for those with one or two doses combined with extremely transmissible variants…..Although effectiveness against severe disease remains relatively strong across all vaccines, emerging evidence suggests that that protection also wanes over time, and in the face of newly evolved variants. A CDC analysis found three shots was roughly 90% effective against emergency room or hospital visits in the months after the third shot, but that declined to 66-78% by four to five months out.”
More than a million Americans have died due to complications caused by Covid-19. According to recent data in the United States, “the vaccinated made up 42 percent of fatalities in January and February during the highly contagious omicron variant’s surge, compared with 23 percent of the dead in September, the peak of the delta wave.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/04/29/covid-deaths-unvaccinated-boosters/
And this is why boosters are essential.
As usual, you cut out the key passage from your links:
“Despite the increase in the number of breakthrough infections, per capita data shows that unvaccinated Americans continue to have a greater risk of developing severe disease or death from COVID-19, than their vaccinated counterparts.”