The Washington Post reported this morning: "Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) delivered a defiant speech Wednesday in opposition to Trump’s impeachment, warning Democrats that the president will become “a martyr” if they vote to impeach him for a second time."
To Biggs, I'd ask: "how is Guy Fawkes remembered?"
Fawkes, who was one of the conspirators who tried to blow up the British Houses of Parliament in 1605, was executed. Every year on what is generally referred to as "fireworks night", "bonfire night" or "Guy Fawkes night", millions of Brits place his effigy on a bonfire and set fire to it, while children dance around the fire chanting "Remember, remember, the fifth of November; gunpowder, treason and plot". That episode and one of its perpetrators, seared into the public memory through tradition, has not been forgotten in over four centuries.
Yes, Trump will certainly be remembered, but it's very unlikely that many will remember him as a martyr.
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