Now Is the Perfect Time to Ruin Donald Trump’s Life

Why mince words? If he’s not going to own up to what he’s done, he doesn’t deserve leniency.

Michael Arceneaux
LEVEL
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6 min readJan 13, 2021

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In his first comments to the press since inciting an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, President Donald Trump did not offer any words of contrition. Instead, he reminded us for the billionth time that he is a spiteful bitch incapable of feeling shame about anything. Yes, even when it comes to the attempted murder of his vice president and members of Congress for the sake of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Although House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reportedly informed House Republicans on Monday that Trump has accepted some responsibility for last week’s deadly riots at the Capitol, you sure couldn’t tell by his public declaration that his urging the violent, angry mob march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” to avenge electoral fraud that doesn’t exist had been “totally appropriate.” “They’ve analyzed my speech, my words,” he said. “Everybody to a T thought it was appropriate.” (To fact check that quickly: They have, and they did not.)

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Michael Arceneaux
LEVEL

New York Times bestselling author of “I Can’t Date Jesus” and “I Don’t Want To Die Poor.”