Our National Day of Shame

William Kristol: “George Orwell wrote that in our day ‘restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.’”

“So let me restate the obvious: January 6, 2021 is a day that should live in infamy.”

“But for the next four years January 6th won’t live in infamy. Because in two weeks the man who incited January 6th, the man who now excuses it—no, celebrates it—will be sworn in as our next president.”

“So the obvious if unpleasant fact is that today we as a nation are in a worse condition, facing a more ominous future, than we faced four years ago.”