the insurrectionists were not able to get their hands on Mike Pence or Nancy Pelosi, and there was no coup. Yet in another sense, #StopTheSteal has been a ringing success . . . and it is far from over. Sixty-six percent of Republican voters still think the 2020 election was stolen, and that Trump is the rightful president.14 A stunning 147 Republican members of Congress still refuse to publicly acknowledge that Joe Biden is the legitimately elected president of the United States.15 Why do they believe these things? Because Donald Trump wants them to.
