There are other issues

Now we have Jan. 6 fest, another soporific broken record. The attorney general of the U.S. has conducted an exhaustive and continuing investigation. During the same time, there were 100,000 narcotic overdose deaths, many linked to fentanyl traversing our southern border. The border was supposed to be the assignment of the vice president. The other crime of “human trafficking” (mostly a euphemism for slavery) not significantly addressed by the Department of Justice, but reported pretrial solitary confinement for misguided yayhoos of the Capitol, that’s OK.

The Capitol riot was appalling, as were the serial riots throughout 2020. Billions of dollars in damaged property, private, municipal, and federal as well as hundreds of serious injuries (many to police). The civil rights of thousands of people were infringed during these protests/riots with barely a peep out of the DOJ or the Democrats. If the law is supposed to be law and not applied politically, then there’s tons of evidence that Merrick Garland can pursue in Portland, Seattle, and many other cities where violence and destruction outstripped that in D.C.

I understand the events in Washington were personal to people in the government and made America look bad. Hopefully, the people we elect to keep us safe realize that whoever is caught up in chaos and violence through no fault of their own takes it personally. On Jan. 6, President Biden should have gone to Chicago to end mass child abuse at the hands of the striking teachers union. It’s called get the job done, showboat later. CHARLES VERMONT Bentonville