A telling illustration. On the right, failure to take elementary responsibility for one's actions becomes the basis of *new* threats and is used to stoke new grievances. It's a ratcheting cycle of unaccountability and menace. @tedcruz willfully stoked a climate of lies ... https://twitter.com/GerryConnolly/status/1355275601628844042

2/ and aggression which led to a violent assault on the seat of government and at least five deaths. He's certainly not criminally responsible for those fatalities. But he bears a significant moral responsibility. His refusal to take any account of his own role only ...

3/ deepens the stain on him. He stoked that climate with claims he absolutely knew were lies and he didn't to advance his own career. We are already seeing numerous Republicans say that demands for accountability for what happened will lead to **new** violence.

4/ Again, the refusal of accountability is umbilically connected to new rounds of threats. These are basic conversations you have with 8 years and teenage boys. Take responsibility. Don't blame others. Basic stuff you're supposed to learn when you're growing up.

5/ EDIT: "did to advance his own career."