Commentary: How will future historians judge Jan. 6?
by Alexander Keyssar, Los Angeles Times
Jan 04, 2022
3 minutes
For a brief moment last January, in the immediate wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol, it appeared that the final chapter of the Trump era was being written. After protesters had been cleared from the building, both branches of Congress affirmed, by large majorities, that Joe Biden had been elected president.
In addition, leading Republicans were harshly critical of the attack, putting distance between themselves and President Donald Trump.
“Count me out; enough is enough,” lamented Sen. Lindsey Graham. Sen. Mitch McConnell concluded that “the mob” had been “fed lies” and
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