There's been a lot of coverage devoted to the perpetrators behind Trump's plot to steal the 2020 election. However, as another indictment looms, we should not lose sight of the victims of Trump's scheme. And there are many.
In conspiring to reverse the legitimate results of the election in multiple states, Trump effectively tried to revoke the votes of millions of Americans — depriving them of their most sacred right under the constitution. Then there were the countless election officials who were subjected to harassment campaigns and death threats, the targets of the Capitol insurrection, including every sitting member of Congress as well as Donald Trump's own vice president, and of course the Capitol Police, Metropolitan Police and other law enforcement officers who suffered the most direct and severe physical harm at the hands of the insurrectionists. Harry Dunn, Michael Fanone, and more than 140 other officers risked their lives on January 6, and have the scars to prove it.
Trump loves to play the victim card. Don't fall for it.
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