Our Little White Supremacist Domestic Terrorism Problem, Con't

The anger and rage at the "Justice for J6" rally in DC was definitely there, the people that showed up hoping for another armed insurrection definitely wanted one, but the problem was there were only a handful of clowns there and a whole hell of a lot of Capitol Police.  The clowns had plenty to say, though.

 

Mike Collins is one of just two Congressional candidates announced as a speaker for the incredibly shrinking "Justice for J6 rally" at the U.S. Capitol tomorrow. And he's using the moment to go full wingnut.

Collins, a trucking company owner, ramped up wild rhetoric Friday at what was billed as a "campaign kickoff" in Jackson GA -- even though Collins had announced his candidacy more than three months ago on June 8.

Collins "promised to stand up to 'liberal left-wing wackos, RINOS, elites — and even the Republican establishment," including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), promising to vote against him becoming Speaker of the House if Republicans take control of the chamber in 2023,' Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) reported Friday.

"And if by some odd chance he becomes speaker and he doesn't want to give me a committee assignment, then I'm fine with that," he said. "I'll make a great teammate for Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene."

He added: "The time for civility, the time for compromise, that's over with; the time for bipartisanship is done," he told. "There is no compromising."

Collins is among just a few speakers being billed for the diminished rally. But he's undaunted about that.

"He said his attendance at the D.C. rally is about fighting back against political persecution and tweeted that "America should not have a government that holds political prisoners," GPB reported.

"These people deserve their day in court; everybody deserves their day in court," he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "And I'm going up there to say to these people need their day in court, and it's time for it to happen."

Collins is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins, who served in Congress from 1993 to 2005, leaving to mount an unsuccessful 2004 U.S. Senate race. The elder Collins died in 2018.

 

Thankfully my worst fears did not come to pass. Nothing happened other than a couple dozen fools made themselves readily available for identification later.

Without Trump covering for them, these guys are much, much less aggressive. But with the media covering them, they don't always have to be aggressive. Just threatening.

Still dangerous. But I don't think another January 6th is going to happen anytime soon. That's good, believe me, I am glad to be completely wrong on this, and I admit it. All bullies are at heart, cowards.

But cowards can still be deadly once in a great while. We still need to be careful.

Not scared or afraid, but careful.