The ‘patriots’ who sacked the Capitol remind me that we have to fight and defeat the Big Lie
By Laila Martin Garcia
In a few months, an immigration officer will ask me several questions to prove my loyalty to the United States of America to determine my eligibility for American citizenship.
As I reflect on the reasons why I want to become a U.S. citizen, I can’t stop thinking about Jan. 6 and the perpetrators at the U.S. capitol who claim to be patriots but pose a threat to the reason I value citizenship the most: voting.
The effort of Trump supporters to stop the peaceful transfer of power is among the many recent and longstanding attacks on the guardrails of American democracy and it is predicated on the “Big Lie” that continues to intentionally erode our most important institutions and electoral system.
The problem we must wrestle with now is that the “Big Lie” that fueled the insurrection—coupled with racial resentment and grievance politics—is no longer just a fringe movement; it is the central organizing theme of one of our two major political parties. Read the full article in Pennsylvania Capital-Star.
Original Article: https://www.penncapital-star.com/commentary/ill-soon-be-a-u-s-citizen-living-in-pa-this-is-why-our-democracy-is-worth-defending-opinion/