The GOP Must Make Amends With Those Who Disavowed the Big Lie
Two Republicans who stood up to Stop the Steal — and lost their careers as a result — are evidence of what happens when a party tears itself apart.
The president-elect has said members of the January 6 committee “should go to jail.”
Photographer: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post
The online schadenfreude that has followed the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been callous and crude — to put it mildly, a sad commentary on the state of civility. But it’s nothing compared to what we might see in the event of a presidential assassination. And that possibility, unfortunately, is very real.
Donald Trump is fond of comparing himself to Abraham Lincoln (favorably, of course). And in one respect, the two do share a bond: Not since 1860 has a president-elect faced such a high risk of assassination.