WASHINGTON (AP) — Allegiance to a lie has become a test of loyalty to Donald Trump and a means of self-preservation for Republicans.
Trump’s discredited allegations about a stolen election did nothing to save his presidency when courtrooms high and low, state governments and ultimately Congress — meeting in the chaos of an insurrection powered by his grievances — affirmed the legitimacy of his defeat and the honesty of the process that led to it.
Now those “Big Lie” allegations, no closer to . . .
And well it should, but it’s not about loyalty to Trump, it’s about appreciating that he recognized that he was cheated, and that by extension WE were cheated. It’s not about his second term so much as it’s about the Democrats raping our election system, that cannot and will not go unanswered.