Legitimate Political Discourse by a Loving Crowd? Another Voice: Opinion by Jim Malatras The Republican National Committee recently declared the January 6th, 2020 attack on the U.S. Capitol a “persecution of ordinary citizens in legitimate political discourse.” Normally opposing a mob that grew violent and disrupted proceedings of Congress in the midst of certifying a presidential election would be a political layup. But these are dizzyingly polarizing times. Contrary to President Trump’s claim, that it was a “loving crowd”—like it was somehow a mellow group attending an Air Supply concert, our eyes do not deceive us. What we witnessed was…