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Humza Yousaf has been chosen to take over as leader of the SNP and first minister of Scotland from Nicola Sturgeon. He was seen by many, including Ms. Sturgeon, as the SNP establishment’s favorite candidate.

More MSPs and MPs supported the health secretary than any of his rivals. John Swinney, also the Deputy First Minister, said that Mr. Yousaf would “finish our journey to independence.”

He has more experience than the other two leaders-to-be. Since 2012, he has worked for the government in positions such as justice secretary and transport minister.

His supporters say that he is a good communicator and best suited to unite the party and keep the power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens after a very tense leadership race.

Humza Yousaf, who is known as the “continuity candidate,” is a close friend of Ms. Sturgeon and is usually seen as the person who would try to carry on the work of the outgoing first minister.

He is one of three candidates who has said he would go to court to stop the UK government from blocking Ms. Sturgeon’s controversial gender recognition reforms. He said that the party can only win independence if it keeps pushing “progressive values.”

But he has made it clear that he won’t go to court unless an attorney tells him he has a chance of winning.

Humza Yousaf has separated himself from Ms. Sturgeon’s plan to use the next election as a de facto referendum. Instead, he said that he would try to build a “consistent majority” in favor of independence because it “isn’t good enough” for polls to show that 50% or 51% of people support independence.

But he has tried to reach out to more impatient supporters of independence by saying he might hold a special Holyrood election to see how many people want to leave the UK.

Mr. Yousaf also denied that the party leaders were doing everything they could to ensure he won the leader race. This was in response to people who said the shorter campaign was done to help him win.

He has also said he would be willing to hear concerns about controversial policies like plans for a new national care service and the bottle return scheme.

“Do it as I say”

During the competition, Humza Yousaf told BBC Scotland’s Sunday Show that he was “his own man” and would do things in his way.

Critics say that Mr. Yousaf has “failed upwards” and has little to show for his time in government. Jackie Baillie of Labour called him “the worst health secretary in history” and said he now wants to be “the worst first minister in history.”

But his fellow SNP candidate for leadership, Kate Forbes, was the harshest. She told Mr. Yousaf during a live STV debate, “When you were in charge of transportation, the trains were always late. When you were in charge of justice, the police were so busy that they were about to break. And now that I’m in charge of health care, we have the longest wait times ever.”

A big part of the race was the fights between Mr. Yousaf and Ms. Mr. Yousaf said that his opponent’s views on social issues like gay marriage, transgender rights, and abortion would cause the party to “lurch to the right.”

But Humza Yousaf has also asked why he didn’t vote in the final gay marriage vote in 2014. He said it was because he had to attend a very important meeting about a Scot on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy.

Alex Salmond, the first minister at the time, said on Sky News that Mr. Yousaf missed the vote because a Glasgow mosque put religious pressure on him. Mr. Yousef has strongly denied this claim.

Humza Yousaf is first Muslim to head a major party in the UK

When the 37-year-old is confirmed as Scotland’s first minister, he will be the first Muslim to lead a major party in the UK and the first person from an ethnic minority to lead a devolved government.

His father was born in Pakistan, and in the 1960s, he moved to Scotland with his family. His mom was born in Kenya to parents who were from South Asia. Humza Yousaf has talked a lot about the racist things people have said to him.

At the start of the race for leader, he said he was threatened, so he had to call the police. A man, 25, and a woman, 35, were taken into custody and charged.

Humza Yousef went to Hutchesons’ Grammar, a private school in Glasgow. When he was there, he was two years behind Anas Sarwar, the leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

After studying politics at Glasgow University, he worked briefly in a call center before becoming Bashir Ahmad’s and then Alex Salmond’s assistant in parliament.

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Humza Yousaf was chosen as a listed MSP for the Glasgow area in 2011. A year later, Mr. Salmond made him minister for Europe and international development.

He was the first person from a minority group to win a seat in the Scottish Parliament. Then, in 2016, he became the minister of transport. He did this by winning the Glasgow Pollok race against a Labour candidate.

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According to economists, the globe will see a decade of moderate growth. However, Daniel Lacalle, the author and head economist of Tressis Gestion, predicts that the global financial system will undoubtedly suffer and experience an unparalleled recession in the next years.

Experts claim that this prognosis is very plausible in light of the numerous catastrophes that have occurred in recent years, starting with the Covid-19 epidemic. Lockdowns and quarantine procedures have caused the global economy to collapse. Moreover, companies and other organizations fail to recover due to various issues, even with lenient Covid restrictions. For instance, Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine had an impact on the world supply chain. A third of the world’s wheat is supplied by Russia and Ukraine together. Only other products’ prices will skyrocket as a result of this.

In the meantime, inflation has worsened in the US and other global heavyweights like China and the UK. As a result, the cost of things has increased, putting pressure on consumers, businesses, and the government. The International Monetary Fund predicts that, as a result, global GDP growth will slow from 6% in 2021 to 2.7% in 2023. Except for the global financial crisis and the severe stage of the Covid-19 outbreak, the IMF claims that the prediction has “the lowest growth profile since 2001.”

“Global economic activity is experiencing a broad-based and sharper-than-expected slowdown, with inflation higher than seen in several decades. The cost-of-living crisis, tightening financial conditions in most regions, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the lingering COVID-19 pandemic all weigh heavily on the outlook,” said the IMF in a report.

“Global inflation is forecast to rise from 4.7 percent in 2021 to 8.8 percent in 2022 but to decline to 6.5 percent in 2023 and to 4.1 percent by 2024. Monetary policy should stay the course to restore price stability, and fiscal policy should aim to alleviate the cost-of-living pressures while maintaining a sufficiently tight stance aligned with monetary policy,” it added.

“Structural reforms can further support the fight against inflation by improving productivity and easing supply constraints, while multilateral cooperation is necessary for fast-tracking the green energy transition and preventing fragmentation.”

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Global market happy with China

In an unexpected move, the Chinese government relaxed its Covid prohibitions despite a recent increase in Covid cases nationwide. The choice was made after the Chinese leadership received harsh criticism from its people and other world leaders. China’s recent shift toward pragmatism may herald the end of the country’s strident zero-Covid policy, which has harmed both the domestic economy and, indirectly, the global economy. The openness of China’s economy to the world, according to Lacalle, is a positive development that may reenergize markets in 2023.

“We have been looking at a very bleak picture for the Chinese economy, which is essential not just for the growth of the rest of the world but particularly for Latin America and also for Africa,” he said.

“The reopening of the Chinese economy is certainly going to give a significant boost to growth all over the world, but also — and I think it is a very important factor — German exporters, French exporters have felt the pinch of the lockdown and the weakening of the profit environment in China, and this is certainly going to help a lot.”

The openness of China’s economy, according to Lacalle, does not guarantee that the country would see the same level of development as it had in the years before the epidemic. The Chinese government’s move will have a good impact, but it is still very possible that the world economy will slow down.

“I think that we are probably going to move into a decade of very, very poor growth in which developed economies are going to find themselves lucky with 1% growth per annum if they are able to achieve it, and what is more unfortunate than everything else is with elevated levels of inflation,” he explained.

“I think that we are living the backlash of massive stimulus packages that were implemented in 2020 and 2021. That has not delivered the kind of potential growth that many economists expected.”

“I think that markets are starting to price that environment in which the situation globally is not of a buoyant level of growth and economic development, but [is] one that avoids a financial crisis, and if that happens, it is certainly positive.”

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IMF and its report

The IMF underlined several other elements in its study, such as international policy, the outlook, and the labor market. For example, the group noted that how nations changed their fiscal policies would affect the prospects for the global economy. Additionally, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and China’s growth pace would have an impact.

“Risks remain unusually large: monetary policy could miscalculate the right stance to reduce inflation; diverging policy paths in the largest economies could exacerbate the US dollar’s appreciation; tightening global financing could trigger emerging market debt distress; and a worsening of China’s property sector crisis could undermine growth,” it adds.

“Policymakers should focus on restoring price stability and alleviating cost-of-living pressures. Multilateral cooperation remains necessary to fast-track the green energy transition and prevent fragmentation.”

The agency also issued a warning about the rising cost of living. People would require a larger budget if prices rose. As a result, several unions have begun to lobby businesses to raise pay. Companies are under pressure to comply when this occurs, forcing them to look for alternative ways to make money to pay their staff. As a result, some businesses adopt price increases and similar tactics.

“Analysis highlights that more backward-looking expectations require stronger and more frontloaded monetary tightening to reduce risks of inflation de-anchoring. Risks of a sustained wage-price spiral appear limited since underlying inflation shocks come from outside the labor market and monetary policy is tightening aggressively,” the IMF said.

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In the last year, there have been layoffs all over the world, especially in the last four months. People who thought they would always have the same job have lost them. For example, layoffs say that more than 150,000 people will lose their jobs at tech companies in 2022. This year, nearly 76,000 more jobs have been lost. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Citigroup have all laid off tens of thousands of people in the finance industry. There have also been layoffs in many other areas, like the consumer retail, media, healthcare, and pharmaceutical industries.

In the past, layoffs were common because the economy was always going up and down. But experts say that this wave is different in a few ways.

The first is how big and wide they are, which is important because the economy is getting better at its core. During the Great Recession, however, a huge drop in the value of assets around the world directly caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of jobs. People died because of this for a long time, and the value of international stock markets dropped by trillions of dollars. But that’s not the case now, even though there are a lot of layoffs and jobs that need to be safer.

In the US, for example, the financial crisis of 2008 and the recession caused the unemployment rate to hit a high of 10%, with about 15 million people on the unemployment rolls. This happened because the whole economy slowed down for a long time. Because of this, about 3.5% of people currently need jobs. During the eurozone crisis in 2011, the unemployment rate in the European Union went up to over 11.5%, but it is now less than 6.5%.

How the workplace feels right now is another reason why layoffs are necessary. Anna Tavis, a professor at New York University, says that managers pushed for a leadership style that put employees’ physical and mental health first during the pandemic. “We were told to bring ourselves to work,” she says.

Because of this, many workers, both those laid off and others like Kara, who fear they will be next, feel cognitive dissonance. Tavis says they were told one thing during Covid-19, but now they know that story isn’t true. Moreover, she says, “It makes leadership look fake, which is bad because it hurts employees’ trust in leadership.”

Some experts say that organizational cultures could also get worse if waves of layoffs like the ones we’ve seen recently keep happening, or even if they’re just a possibility. This could not be good for everyone’s health, including their physical and mental health. Even worse, these problems may affect people who will live in the future.

Layoffs takes a toll

Especially importantly, losing a job can have a direct effect on health. But a lot of research also shows that losing a job makes you more likely to have several health problems.

One of the most thorough summaries of more than 300 studies shows that unemployed people are more stressed, less happy with their lives, marriages, and families, and more likely to have mental health problems than those working. Also, after a few decades, being laid off has been linked to a much higher risk of suicide and a higher death rate.

Research from 2009 shows that employees who didn’t have any health problems before being laid off are 83% more likely to get sick in the first 15 to 18 months after being laid off. Stress is the main cause of diseases like high blood pressure, heart disease, and arthritis.

But in an economy with many layoffs, not just the people who lost their jobs will suffer. Kara and other workers know that even before layoffs are announced, the possibility and fear of losing a job can affect mental health and productivity. For instance, executive coach and author melody Wilding wrote in Harvard Business Review that job insecurity could make people less motivated and lead to anxiety and depression.

Mixed messages about worker health’s importance have also confused and hurt workers.

Employees showed that their priorities and professional goals had changed during the pandemic. Most importantly, they started to care more about their mental health. Employers often heard these calls for more help, and many leaders started talking about making policies, programs, and tools to help employees who were having trouble.

Companies also started talking about how to make sure that words like “burnout,” “stress,” and “depression” aren’t seen as signs of weakness or shame in the workplace. For younger people who just got their first job in the past few years, the employee-centered company that says it cares about mental health and well-being may be their only impression of the working world.

The problem, though, is that this focus on personal health differs greatly from what many workers are going through right now. For example, a recent global survey of 35,000 workers showed that 52% are worried about how economic uncertainty will affect their job security and that more than a third are worried about losing their job.

Research by Maureen Dollard, a professor of work and organizational psychology at the University of South Australia, shows that employees in less psychologically healthy environments—places where emotional well-being is not ignored—took 43% more sick days per month. Her research has also shown that stress makes you more likely to get hurt at work.

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Other experts, like Bentley University professor of management and psychology Aaron Nurick, say that people who don’t lose their jobs can still be affected by layoffs through what he calls “survivor’s guilt,” or the feeling that “I could be next.”

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Most logistics managers from large companies and trade groups think the supply chain will return to normal in 2024 or later.

In a survey conducted by a media site, more than half of the managers, or 61% of them, say that the supply chain is not functioning normally. Meanwhile, 32% say otherwise.

When the managers were asked when they expected the condition to return to normal, around 22% were unsure, 19% said next year, and 30% thought it would be normal in 2024. Finally, the remaining 29% said it should return to normalcy in 2025, with some saying it could never revert to the norm.

This dismal outlook from trade managers is the result of the supply chain disruption that started roughly three years ago when Covid-19 began in Wuhan, China. Since then, the world has been facing tremendous pressure and difficulty in reviving the countries’ economies.

However, strict Covid policies among countries have impeded the exchange of goods and services across countries. The survey included American Apparel and Footwear Association members, the Pacific Coast Council, the Agriculture Transportation Coalition, the National Retail Foundation, and the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade.

“The administration needs to remain focused and continue to convene the right supply chain stakeholders to discuss ways to improve supply chain operations and expand data sharing to create a truly 21st century supply chain,” said Jon Gold, the NRF supply chain and customs policy vice president.

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The government must work with managers

Many managers, precisely 59%, think that the Biden administration must be aware of the supply chain challenges. However, managers said it would help the supply chain if the government and logistics managers shared their data. This would help freights to move faster.

“The carriers have arbitrarily imposed such charges on customs brokers, even though we may not have had any role in booking or managing the transportation,” added Eduardo Acosta, Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association president.

“The survey provides data supporting the imperative for the Federal Maritime Commission to advance its proposed rule to end this unreasonable carrier practice,” Acosta added.

“Hard data is the backbone of effective supply chain management, especially amidst the uncertainty shown in this survey. Intelligence about real-time cargo flows is essential. The survey highlights the need for the industry to rally around better data-sharing solutions,” said Karen Kenney, CONECT chair.

“Now is the time to double down on bringing all stakeholders together to create and implement real solutions to structural problems so that we don’t end up skipping from crisis to crisis,” said AAFA senior vice president Nate Herman.

Problems faced by logistics managers

According to the majority of the logistics manager, they lack raw materials, which worsen their situation. Moreover, port congestion, shortage of workers, and reduction of warehouse spaces do not help their case. Other factors managers face are cancellations of sailings, excessive fees, and strict terminal rules.

“US agriculture and forest products industries are being rendered less competitive in the global marketplace, driving inflation in domestic food costs,” explained AgTC executive director Peter Friedmann.

“The survey’s inventory of impacts of ocean carrier practices accurately reflects the experiences of AgTC membership – the agriculture sector nationwide. Detention and Demurrage Billing Practices determine the cost of exporting and importing a vast amount of goods crossing our seaport docks, and thus a significant driver of inflation,” he added.

For years, warehouse spaces have been filled with inventories, brought by the slowing down of purchase among Americans. When warehouse spaces decrease, the price for renting a space increases. According to the managers, they have seen a 400% rise in warehouse prices. This leads many retailers to offer discounted prices to buyers in hopes of clearing out the warehouses they intend for other incoming products.

“Customers are shopping discounts and we are seeing that in the items we are moving. It’s the higher value products like tennis shoes over a lower cost t-shirt,” said DHL Supply Chain CEO Scott Sureddin.

“I have never seen inventory levels like this, and after the first of the year, retailers can’t continue to sit on this inventory, so the discounts they’ve been pushing will have to continue,” he added.

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Inflation in the US

Logistic costs are even higher due to inflation in the US. Higher energy and labor costs mean companies must spend more on these services. Coupled with the higher costs of warehouses and other constraints, managers need help managing the finances of supply chain companies.

Moreover, the war between Russia and Ukraine impeded several global markets and products like wheat and grain. In terms of laborers, managers are growing more concerned about the mental health of their workers in the face of worker shortage which can contribute to burnout and strain.

And now, as the holiday season kicks in, several freights are having problems getting in and out states due to the winter storm. Many airline companies and couriers have said delays would happen as streets are covered with inches of snow. In addition, several people have died as government services are stranded due to impassable roads.

“International logistics is still a business driven by people. “The survey highlights all sorts of challenges in the supply chain, but none of those will get solved without the right talent and expertise,” explained Kenney.

Many people view the United States as a nation of opportunity. The country receives a lot of domestic and international travelers due to the favorable market conditions for businesses. Simply said, owning a business is the fastest route to becoming a billionaire in the US. Nevertheless, according to a survey by the Alliance for Entrepreneurial Equity, just 2% of all national corporate leaders are Black.

The underrepresentation of Black individuals in the business sector deepens the country’s racial wealth inequality. According to a 2019 Federal Reserve report, just 16% of the US population is owned by Black people, who control only 3% of the overall wealth in the country. Meanwhile, white households account for 87% of the population and 68% of net income.

The issue is not black entrepreneurship because several Black-owned companies provide various services. Instead, the problem is systematic racism, which prevents the funding and assistance necessary to grow Black-owned enterprises. According to analysts, Black Americans face a significant gap due to this ongoing problem.

“The issue is not starting the business, but being able to keep the businesses afloat, being able to help the businesses grow and scale over time,” said Brandon Andrews, an entrepreneur.

Black entrepreneurs held only 1.2% of total venture money in the first half of the fiscal year. According to Gayle Jennings O’Byrne, the lack of financial assistance is due to “all the -isms and prejudices that have grown up over the 400 years that we’ve been a part of this country.” O’Byrne noted that racism is not overt; rather, it is implicit.

“It looks like, ‘Hey, great job. That’s an awesome idea. Keep going. Come back to me, you know, a year from now. I’d love to see how you’re doing. Hey, stay in touch,'” she said.

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How to support Black entrepreneurs

According to experts, the problem lies with the shortage of capital for Black entrepreneurs to assist them in launching a corporation. Another area for improvement is the absence of ongoing support for the companies.

“How do we empower those micro businesses? How do we ensure that they have access to capital? How do we ensure they have access to business education?” Andrews posed a question.

“We know that Black business owners and Black entrepreneurs tend to hire from their community, hence spreading the economic benefit,” said Kenneth Ebie, a director and officer of Black Entrepreneurs NYC.

Alfa Demmellash, the CEO of Rising Tide Capital, said, “We don’t just need a handful of successful millionaire-billionaire entrepreneurs. Communities of color are enabling communities. We saw this during the pandemic.”

“It’s like if you are sitting at home and you need that food to be brought to you, who’s cooking the food? Who’s driving that truck? Who’s bringing it to your home? Who’s cleaning your home? Who’s taking care of sanitation? It’s literally our livelihoods.”

“They’re the essential workers, and they’re essential entrepreneurs. They create culture. They create livelihoods. [But they] are invisible and are never invested in because that’s not seen as having great [investor] return.”

The minorities

Other money-earning techniques are open to US residents, such as investing in a start-up firm. The accredited investor regulation, on the other hand, is favorable to Black Americans.

“Most people in our communities are legally barred from doing it in the United States because of that accredited investor definition,” an entrepreneur said.

The Securities and Exchange Commission enforces a law that states that to participate in a start-up, a person must have a net worth of at least $1 million, an annual income of $200,000 for two years before the investment, and proof that the payment will continue.

“So there’s, again, systemic oppression that’s there that keeps our communities from having access to even spend our money on our businesses in the way that we might do otherwise,” added Andrews.

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The importance of the Black community in policies

According to a recent report, Black people grew less likely to vote during the midterm elections—the poll polled respondents of various ages, genders, races, and economic levels. Black male voters account for a sizable proportion of Democratic votes. Furthermore, Black women make up a significant portion of the party’s Black voters. As a result, persuading them to vote will lead to improved conditions for the democratic party.

Even though data indicate that a sizeable chunk of Black voters support the Democrats over the Republicans, people claim that this trend goes beyond numbers. Instead, it will come down to how politicians treat and appreciate the nation’s diversity and their views on abortion rights, according to voters like Al Heartley and Donnell Brunson.

“At the end of the day, it comes down to the choice [of] abortion rights …as well as voting rights. Black men have a voice and a perspective. But, you have to acknowledge where I am as a Black person first. To me, that’s what Warnock and Abrams really do,” said Heartley.

“It’s clear to me that they don’t have minorities or people of color in their inner circle advising them. So they’re assuming what we want. And we want the same things other voters want: jobs, economics, education,” Brunson explained.

“What’s unique about Black male voters is that they were Democratic voters; they were supporting Barack Obama at 90%+ margins,” said Terrence Woodbury, CEO of the polling firm HIT Strategies.

“Now that we’ve seen that decline to 79% or 80%, it is enough to make the marginal difference in states like Georgia, Wisconsin and North Carolina, where they have diverse candidates at the top of the ticket,” the CEO added.

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After months of interviews, meetings, and evidence gathering, the House Select Committee has closed its investigation by implicating former President Donald Trump on four felony offenses. Representative Jamie Raskin said that Trump must respond to these accusations.

The panel’s indictments include conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstruction of an official process, supporting individuals engaging in an insurgency, and conspiracy to defraud the United States of America. The committee will bring these before the Department of Justice and other members of Congress for not responding with court subpoenas. However, analysts believe that the ethics committee would take no steps to involve the members of Congress. Representative Raskin stated that it must be enacted. Otherwise, “a terrible precedent for the future” would be formed.

“It’s of special concern when there’s an attempt to overthrow our election and essentially subdue our constitutional order and have someone seize the presidency who didn’t win it,” Raskin said.

“And if members of Congress have knowledge of that and may have been involved in it but refuse to say anything about it, we’re setting a precedent for future attacks on democracy itself. And that’s really the burden of our committee, to make sure that we prevent coups, insurrections, electoral sabotage and political violence in the future,” he added.

Raskin noted that Trump needs to explain the issues he is responsible for. He underscored that there is adequate evidence to convict Trump on all of the charges that the panel would refer to the Department of Justice. Raskin believes Trump should be made liable for all of these.

“In a society where all of us are treated equally under the law, the fact that he’s a former president would make no more difference than the fact that he’s a former businessman or TV star,” he adds.

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The ethics committee must act

Raskin believes that the ethics committee should act on the evidence. Many professionals, however, believe that because the Republicans now control the House of Representatives, the panel would quash the suit brought against them.

“The ethics committee is split between Democrats and Republicans, and they’re facing a pretty profound question, which is: If members of Congress get subpoenaed to testify about their knowledge of a criminal offense, and this one an attack on the constitution itself, can they just blow off the subpoena?”

“We’re not able to take them to court, likely because of the Speech or Debate Clause, which says that we can’t hold people to account who are members of Congress outside of Congress; We have to hold them to account within the channels of Congress. And so all we really could do is refer them to the ethics committee. And I trust and hope that the members of the ethics committee on a bipartisan basis will consider this very serious problem.”

Raskin stated that he planned to share the committee’s conclusions with the rest of the country. He said that it is one opportunity to convey that the US government is promoting democracy for the future generation.

“The work of our committee is an open book. We want the whole country to see all of the transcripts, all of the interviews, everything that took place, so we’re going to try to make it public as quickly as possible.”

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Trump must be held liable

The representative also stated that Trump must pay for all of his crimes, as enabling him to go free would be destructive to the aim of American democracy. He then asks questions about the disparity between the wealthy and the poor, who are charged with crimes. And, in most cases, the latter gets condemned more than the former.

“More than 900 people have been prosecuted for crimes like assaulting federal officers, destroying federal property, seditious conspiracy, and attempt to overthrow or put down the government. Why should the foot soldiers be going to jail and not the ringleaders and the masterminds of this scheme to defeat American democracy?”

“Look, if Donald Trump had succeeded, he’d be bragging about it, how he was the one who came up with the whole plan. It’s very clear to those of us who’ve given two years of our lives to studying this that none of it would have happened without the will of Donald Trump.”

“I think most of the public understands that Donald Trump’s own attorney general said that his claims in the big lie are, quote, “BS.” They understand that Donald Trump wanted to wave in all of the armed people that he was perfectly aware were in the crowd.”

“They understand that he took no concern to try to protect us against the mob that he unleashed against us — so he didn’t call the Army, he didn’t call the National Guard. He sat there in his little dining room, watching this unfold like a perfect bystander or someone from another country or another planet. He showed no interest in trying to defend us. I think that story is indelibly imprinted in the public imagination.”