This isn't over

We have to understand the situation we’re in. 

Trump supporters will feel unheard. Allowed to fester this will turn into more insurrection, more violence. Because they have been lied to and have bought the lies and the conspiracies, they need to be brought back from the edge. 

That means this President and his family and close supporters need to be forced to tell the truth. Legally compelled. 

And even if that were to happen - and it won’t, there will be those that will shrug it off and say he said what he had to because he’s under duress. 

There needs to be an anti-propaganda campaign. It needs to include bi-partisan endorsement. It needs to include campaign reform. It needs to include stronger laws on public fraud and social media, Television, Email and other forms of bulk communication. It needs to include independent audits of voting systems prior to elections and it needs to include national funding and administration of election security.

As reprehensible as these peoples views are, we have to acknowledge that they exist, will be hard to change and in the meantime, will act on them.

The Trumps and others will continue to try to motivate playing on fears and using deceit. They will tell these people they are special and that their racism, their extremism, their religious extremism is their right and that they are being persecuted by “the mainstream” and the mainstream media. 

We need to be smart about this. We need to understand how to deal with Fraud without taking away free speech. We need to understand how to disrupt false propaganda. People should not be allowed to lie to the public without consequence.

We need to be prepared and diligent.