You cannot burn down a house and then expect to live in it.
Last January’s insurrection should have been a reminder that words have consequences, and those consequences can include the demise of our national promise. Instead, the insurrection is seen by some as a way to raise money and gain electoral advantage at the expense of politics itself.
Politicians, pundits and political advocates have an ethical responsibility to support, or at the very least not undermine, our democratic institutions. That means condemning those involved in the insurrection, investigating those who supported and encouraged it, and holding to account those responsible for the violent attack on our nation's Capitol, the attempt to prevent the peaceful transfer of power, and the undermining of a free and fair election.
Peter Loge
Director
The Project on Ethics in Political Communication