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This is not what a constitutional republic looks like

7 January 2021

10:21 AM

7 January 2021

10:21 AM

When a violent mob broke into the Capitol building, they did more than breach the barriers of House and Senate chambers. They breached the barriers of our Constitution and the Republic for which it stands.

The scale and symbolic significance of this attack is new and profoundly troubling. But it is also the culmination of several disturbing trends.

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