Lock him up

Letter to the editor in the NY Times:

President Trump betrayed his country.

He launched a coup to overturn an election, cultivated rage among his supporters with false claims of voter fraud and then incited a deadly insurrection. 

He sought to disrupt Congress’s certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and intimidate officials into overturning the will of the people.

He not only directed supporters to the Capitol, but later told them “we love you, you’re very special” after these domestic terrorists had shed blood at the citadel of American democracy. He still has no remorse.

Mr. Trump’s treasonous actions demand that he not only be impeached by the House, but also convicted by the Senate and disqualified from ever again holding a position of public trust.

Stephen A. Silver

San Francisco