x1 gaming The ‘Darkest Day’: The Trauma of Jan. 6 Is Still With Us

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Re “For Many of Us, Jan. 6 Never Ended,” by Aquilino Gonell (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 6):

This arguably darkest day in American history was witnessed by millions of people worldwide on television. Nine people wound up dead and more than 140 police officers were injured defending the legislators inside the Capitol building and democracy itself. Mr. Gonell, a sergeant in the Capitol Police at the time, and the rest of the defenders of democracy are the true patriots.

Jan. 20, 2025, will be a defining day in the history of democracy in the United States when President-elect Donald Trump takes office. He has said he will pardon the rioters — or patriots, hostages, warriors, peaceful protesters, as he has called them.

If Mr. Trump follows through on his promise to pardon those involved, it will be a desecration of democracy and a travesty of the justice system. He will confirm his stature as an enemy of democracy within.

John GarteizMunich

To the Editor:

“At least I get to hear my son call me his hero,” writes Aquilino Gonell, a former Capitol Police sergeant. Mr. Gonell, please know you and your brave colleagues are heroes to all of us who care for and work to support democracy. I, for one, offer you my profound gratitude and respect.

Ellen SteinbaumBoston

To the Editor:

We thought the insurrection four years ago on Jan. 6 had failed, and Donald Trump had fled Washington in disgrace.

Implausibly, here we are four years later with the former president once again about to become the most powerful man in the world. Those insurrectionists, since found guilty in our courts of law, will likely soon receive presidential pardons for their violent actions against our country and our democracy.

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Mr. Biden even held on to hope for the transformative peace deal for the Middle East that he thought was within grasp a year ago, believing it could survive even as the war between Hamas and Israel tore at its foundations.

But the truth is that Mr. Biden will speak at a time of deep uncertainty about the future of America’s role in the world, including the war in Ukraine, escalating conflicts in the Middle East and growing economic competition with China.

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