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To the editor:
This will be my last letter on January 6 but there is a reply to "Capitol Offense" (The Chief, letter, Oct. 10) I cannot ignore.
The commenter suggests "like most Republicans," I "tuned out or dismissed the January 6 hearings as partisan." This is simply untrue.
While I could keep this private if I chose, I am not a registered Republican. I do not vote the party. I vote the candidate. I've voted for Democrats, Republicans and Independents.
Jan. 6, 2021, was one of the darkest moments in our history. It is indefensible to attempt to use mob rule to overturn the decisions of our courts or encourage others to do so. There is nothing partisan about investigating domestic terrorists. None of my letters defend Donald Trump.
All I am saying is no matter how much Trump incited the mob to riot, the blame is not solely his. His followers could have ignored him. They could have engaged in peaceful protest outside the Capitol. Even their forming a miles-long caravan on the Van Wyck Expressway, while inconveniencing those traveling north, was legal. The decision to illegally storm the Capitol was solely their decision.
It's fine to disagree with me. But it isn't OK to use snippets from my letters out of context, infer things about me that aren't true, and accuse me of defending what I unequivocally do not.
Nat Weiner
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