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    Jackie Calmes: Republican leaders are making the GOP an unindicted co-conspirator in Trump's attack on democracy

    If only public figures' fear of the judgment of history outweighed their appetite for power in the present. Throughout Donald Trump's rise, rule and continuing domination of the nation's political stage, I've often wondered at the many high-ranking Republican actors who have come to be his Greek chorus. They know what a con man he is, what a loser he is. And they must know they're on the wrong ...
    by Jackie Calmes, Los Angeles Times Aug 22, 2023 3 minutes
    Ted Cruz speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Resort& Convention Center on March 2, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland.

    If only public figures' fear of the judgment of history outweighed their appetite for power in the present.

    Throughout Donald Trump's rise, rule and continuing domination of the nation's political stage, I've often wondered at the many high-ranking Republican actors who have come to be his Greek chorus. They know what a con man he is, what a loser he is. And they must know they're on the wrong side of history, kowtowing to an antidemocratic man who will go down as the worst U.S. president ever.

    These Republicans are not dumb — heck, some

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