Democrats Expanded Definition of Insurrection

They used the term to describe the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

Nov. 21, 2023 1:25 pm ET

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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. Photo: olivier douliery/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

William A. Galston added “Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit” (Politics & Ideas, Nov. 15) to a long list of measures that the press warns will gut U.S. democracy in a second Trump presidency.

The threat of Insurrection Act abuse would be much lower if the definition of “insurrection” had not been dumbed-down by Democrats following Jan. 6, 2021. The “insurrectionists” killed no one, were ejected in a matter of hours and received unprecedented prison terms and penalties. Democrats opened a Pandora’s box of insurrection fearmongering.

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