It was, by many measures, the most serious scandal in U.S. history: a political leader, rebuked by his constituents, acted on his authoritarian desires and took steps to hold power by force. When his party had an opportunity to act responsibly, honor their oaths of office, hold President Madness accountable, and put their corrupted leader behind them, the vast majority of its members refused. The story of January 6 raised compelling questions about whether the contemporary GOP was still a political party at all, or whether it’d made the transition to personality cult indifferent to the rule of
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