It’s always fun reading American History and being in awe of the patriots who led the charge like George Washington and John Adams. In David McCoullagh’s biography of John Adams I was struck by the level of personal sacrifice involved by the leaders of the revolution. General Washington spent months out in the freezing cold chasing down his own soldiers from deserting. John Adams spent months on ships at sea traveling to Europe where heaving several times a day was expected behavior and the probability of reaching your arrival was around 70% – or in other words, a 30% chance the ship doesn’t make it.

This brings me to the protagonists of Jan. 6th. Leaders of the “Save America / Save the Steal” movement. They exhibited so much courage they had their limos deliver them to the site where they gave speeches that riled the crowd up about the need for a ‘revolution.’

Lin Wood

“TIME TO START KICKING ASS”

Rudy Giuliani

“TRIAL BY COMBAT”

Donald Trump

“SOMETHING’S WRONG HERE. SOMETHING’S REALLY WRONG. CAN’T HAVE HAPPENED.” AND WE FIGHT. WE FIGHT LIKE HELL AND IF YOU DON’T FIGHT LIKE HELL, YOU’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A COUNTRY ANYMORE.”

Unlike Washington and Adams however there was no personal sacrifice involved. Following the speaches, after promising to join the revelers, they promptly got back in their limousines and went to their favorite TV viewing rooms.

The Leaders of the Movement making a b-line for their TVs