Pearce and Herrell not ‘ready to heal’

Joseph Goebbels said: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from … the consequences of the lie.”

In a staggering show of cynicism, Steve Pearce and Yvette Herrell, experienced practitioners of the Big Lie, are now speaking about “how we need to heal.” Recall that when Ms. Herrell first lost to Xochitl Torres Small, she and Mr. Pearce alleged widespread fraud. Apparently, all that fraud got cleaned up right before Ms. Herrell’s recent win — a Big Lie right out of the national Trump/ Republican Big Lie playbook.

If Mr. Pearce and Ms. Herrell are really “ready to heal,” maybe they could start with an apology to U.S. Capitol Police Officer Bryan Sicknick’s family; their loss is real and not a lie.

TREY BERNDT SANTA FE