"There's growing evidence that Trump was not unraveling the mainstream American right, but operating comfortably within its ideology," Zeeshan Aleem writes.
The attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021, is frequently depicted as arising entirely from Donald Trump and his circle of bad actors, with most Republicans as cowardly accomplices. But new text exchanges between Trump's former chief of staff Mark Meadows and GOP lawmakers published by Talking Points Memo undercuts that narrative. "The texts," writes Zeeshan Aleem, "show Trump wasn't a lone actor, but something closer to a nerve center of anti-democratic activity," with Meadows talking to more than 30 GOP lawmakers. "It would be bad enough if its members were co-signing Trump's lies because they thought it was politically advantageous," Aleem says, "But it's more chilling to see the full scope of many Republicans' eagerness to dismantle democratic governance." The seemingly unending stream of revelations can be difficult to comprehend, Aleem admits. "But one of the reasons it's so important to absorb the full story of what happened is that it helps illuminate the scope of the rot in our political life… There's growing evidence that Trump was not unraveling the mainstream American right, but operating comfortably within its ideology." Read Zeeshan Aleem's full analysis in your Wednesday MSNBC Daily. |
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