As a stunning new report reveals Trump's threat to democracy, Republicans shrug

[Zorro]

As you probably learned in high school, John Adams insisted that a republic had to be “a government of laws, and not of men.” But as a new Senate report on President Donald Trump’s efforts to enlist the Department of Justice in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election shows, the law by itself was not sufficient to prevent the coup Trump wanted to carry out.

The law was an impediment, to be sure. But what we learn from the new report is this: Trump did successfully install some people within the government willing to betray their country and everything it is built on, but ultimately failed because he didn’t have enough of them and ran out of time.

It is not an encouraging conclusion to reach, particularly if you consider that Trump could well run for president again in 2024, and could even win.

The report contains new details based on interviews with former Justice Department officials who witnessed the coup attempt. It tells how Trump allies like Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano were in regular contact with Trump in the days after the election and made their own attempts to pressure department officials.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/07/stunning-new-report-reveals-trumps-threat-democracy-republicans-shrug/

[secondwind]

1. I still say Trump will have been indicted or whatever by then, or have dropped dead..

I prefer the latter...........

[WhiteTara]

3. I prefer the former

because the world has to know this is wrong and we won't allow it. Now if he drops dead the next day? That's a different story. It would be easier than incarcerating him.

[Budi]

2. But..but.. "they're both the saaaame!"

[lees1975]

4. That is exactly why we must hold Congress accountable to make sure Trump goes to prison

and the I4th amendment is enforced for every member who aided and abetted that insurrection.