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The Colorado Supreme Court affirmed the first part of the trial judge’s ruling — that Mr. Trump engaged in an insurrection, including by setting out to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election; trying to alter vote counts; encouraging bogus slates of competing electors; pressuring the vice president to violate the Constitution; and calling for the march on the Capitol.
Donald Trump has sold his supporters the dangerous fantasy that democratic politics can be replaced by one man's will. No need for distasteful compromises. No need to reckon with the concerns and interests of people who disagree with House Republicans. Just somehow return Trump to the presidency: He'll bark; the system will obey. They don't care how little gets accomplished, so long as that little is done in the most offensive manner possible.
Valorization of family and clan values over the interests of the individual or the public
The speed with which President Trump managed to turn a political party into a clan is eye-opening. Republicans are learning that to get re-elected, they must accept that unity of the ranks is more important than any individual political stance. They now need to defend President Trump at all costs and, indirectly, adopt Mr. Putin’s stance that a traitor is worse than an enemy.
Trump seems to regard his position as a performance instead of a job, outcomes are almost irrelevant.