Trump-allied candidates threaten democracy as January 6 probe tries to protect it

The House January 6 committee plans Thursday to produce shocking new evidence about Donald Trump’s bid to steal the last presidential election. But he and his loyalists don’t care. They are already positioning to fix the next one, undercutting the panel’s mission of saving American democracy.

All over the country, Republican candidates are running and winning primaries on Trump’s lie that he is the rightful president. No matter that such claims have been dismissed by former members of his administration testifying under oath before the committee as “idiotic” “bullshit” and “crazy.”

The enduring power of Trump’s authoritarian appeal both encapsulates the importance of the House