.MaddowBlog: Several Republicans who participated in Jan. 6 events sought elected office. Most of them won. This shouldn't be seen as normal.
In the immediate aftermath of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, common sense — and common decency — suggested anyone involved in the day's events would be politically and permanently toxic.last week that at least 13 Republicans"who came to Washington for Jan. 6" would appear on Nov. 2 ballots, including state legislative candidates.added,"While ten of these candidates went to the Capitol on Jan.
He added,"[I]n our current abnormal circumstance, with U.S. democracy on the precipice because of the extremism of the current GOP, everyone needs to understand that normal could well be catastrophic.". I wrote in the first chapter: Many voters have grown accustomed to the idea of a national competition pitting two governing parties against each other. One has a more progressive vision, the other a more conservative one, but for most Americans, Democrats and Republicans are basically mirror images of one another, each with an internal range of opinions. The electorate has long had reason to assume that both major parties were mature and responsible policymaking entities, their philosophical differences notwithstanding.
A year later, as GOP candidates succeed after having participated in Jan. 6 events, the assumption appears even more absurd.
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