Call to Arms

Published in La Hora
(Guatemala) on 6/13/2023
by Editorial (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Hannah Adams. Edited by Michelle Bisson.
Former President Donald Trump will appear before a Miami court today, having been accused of various crimes related to efforts to cover up his possession of countless documents classified as secrets of the state and critical to national security, which he should never have had. This is the first formal accusation brought against a former president of the United States. The attention of the country and a large part of the world is focused on what might happen as a result of this unprecedented judicial action, which, in any case, even if he is found guilty, is unlikely to affect his chances of becoming a presidential candidate.

Commentators fear there is a high risk of a bigger and more violent repeat of the attack on the Capitol incited by Trump himself on Jan. 6, 2021, with the intent to force members of Congress and senators to ignore the result of the election that he lost to Joe Biden. Over the weekend there was political activity in Georgia as the Republican Party convention in that state took place and, of course, the topic of the accusation took center stage amid calls for the use of force to “protect Trump” from what he himself has described as a witch hunt.

Former Republican nominee for governor of Arizona, Kari Lake, made a speech in which she alarmingly expressed what constitutes a call to arms and another insurrection. She said, “If you want to get to President Trump, you’re going to have to go through me, and you’re going to have to go through 75 million Americans just like me. And I’m going to tell you, most of us are card-carrying members of the NRA.” That is to say, members of the National Rifle Association, which advocates for the right to bear arms and which, in fact, numbers around 5 million members.

The ghost of Jan. 6 noticeably still lingers, however, and though many of the participants in this attempt to overthrow the state have been convicted, the already recognizable fanaticism of Trump’s followers could cause serious problems, with some commentators going so far as to warn of civil war. In fact, Republican members of Congress have even attempted to justify Trump’s intention to cover up his possession of classified documents, claiming that, as a former president, he was authorized to “declassify this material,” which indicates that the content of the law is unimportant to them and shows an intent to overturn the legal action with force.

The incitement to armed rebellion, expressed so clearly by Lake, must be given the proper attention it deserves because it is an explicit and undeniable call to arms and makes the reality that will be faced in the coming months extremely concerning.



Llamado a las armas

Hoy tiene que presentarse a un tribunal en Miami, Florida, el expresidente Donald Trump, acusado de varios delitos relacionados con el esfuerzo por ocultar la tenencia de infinidad de documentos clasificados como secretos de Estado, críticos para la seguridad nacional, que él no podía tener en su poder. Se trata de la primera acusación formal contra un expresidente de Estados Unidos y la atención del país y en buena parte del mundo se centra en lo que puede ocurrir como consecuencia de esa acción judicial sin precedente que, en todo caso, no le limitaría para ser candidato presidencial ni siquiera si llegara a ser condenado.

El mayor riesgo que temen los analistas está en una mayor y más violenta repetición de lo que el mismo Trump instigó para el ataque al Capitolio el 6 de enero de 2021 con la intención de forzar a los congresistas y senadores a anular la elección que había perdido frente a Joe Biden. En el fin de semana hubo actividad política en Georgia por la convención Republicana en ese Estado y, por supuesto, el tema de la acusación fue central abundando los llamados al uso de la fuerza para “protegerlo” de lo que él mismo califica como una cacería de brujas.

La excandidata republicana a la Gobernación de Arizona, Kari Lake, expresó en un discurso de manera contundente lo que constituye un llamado a las armas y a la insurrección. Ella dijo: “Si quieren llegar al presidente Trump tendrán que pasar sobre mí y sobre 75 millones de estadounidenses como yo. Y debo decirles que la mayoría de nosotros somos miembros con credencial de la NRA”, es decir, miembros de la National Rifle Association que aboga por el derecho a las armas y que, en realidad, acredita alrededor de 5 millones de miembros.

Pero el fantasma del 6 de enero vuelve a cobrar fuerza y aunque muchos de los participantes en ese intento de golpe de Estado han sido condenados, el ya reconocido fanatismo de esas huestes puede provocar serios problemas y algunos observadores hasta han hablado de una guerra civil. De hecho, la forma en que congresistas republicanos justifican que Trump haya querido ocultar la tenencia de los documentos secretos, diciendo que aún como expresidente estaba facultado para “desclasificarlos”, indica que el tenor de la ley es lo menos importante y manifiesta la intención de revertir mediante la fuerza la acción penal.

La incitación a la rebelión armada, expresada claramente por Kari Lake, debe entenderse en su justa dimensión porque es un claro e indiscutible llamado a las armas y preocupa esa realidad que se tocará enfrentar en los próximos meses.
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