1. The purpose of an editorial/commentary is to explain, persuade, warn, criticize, entertain, praise or answer. What do you think is the purpose of this editorial? Explain your answer.

2.  What is the main idea of this editorial?

3. Over 74 million people voted for President Trump. These voters wanted the evidence of election fraud to be heard by Congress after hours and days of testimony by poll workers, watchers and experts were give under oath in multiple battleground state legislative committees over the past month.  Democratic officials in these states (and Republicans in Georgia) and then various courts including the Supreme Court refused to hear the numerous claims.

Trump voters say the evidence is compelling and the assertions of fraud are indisputable. The media and Democratic politicians say the claims are "baseless" and "without merit."

Hundreds of thousands gathered in Washington D.C. for a rally supporting the President on January 6, the day Congress was to accept the electoral college votes from the states. A small percentage of people broke into the Capitol after the rally, some of whom were violent and destructive.  Five people died - including a woman who was shot by police and a police officer who was hit in the head with a fire extinguisher thrown at a group of officers.

Trump supporters say this violence does not reflect who they are - that it was a small minority of people who were destructive and/or violent - and that antifa agitators were in the crowd. The media portrays Trump supporters as violent threats to all as opposed to law abiding citizens.  What do you think? Does this editorial affect your viewpoint on these events? Explain your answer.

(To form your own opinion of President Trump's remarks, watch his entire speech at the Jan. 6 rally in Washington DC. See the 17 minutes in (from 17:30 to 18:30) and see the end of the speech from 1:12:24 to 1:13:20 for remarks about going to the Capitol.  Do you think President Trump "incited a riot"?  Explain your answer.)

4. What do you think of the media and Democratic politicians dismissal of violent and destructive riots that have taken place in cities across the country?