that it might lead to repudiation of the big lie about the election, a repudiation of all the damage that donald trump had done to the country and to his own party, but instead there was a quick capitulation by the mccarthys, mcconnells, the stefaniks who, you know, sought elizabeth liz cheney s position when liz cheney wouldn t go along with the big lie. elise stefanik said, well, then, take me. tragically we are now in a more dangerous place than we were a year ago. i think president carter was exactly right about that. but, no, if we don t accept when our party loses and vow to do better next time, if we somehow think any loss is illegitimate, that s the end of our democracy. attorney general merrick garland said today, i m quoting, the justice department remains committing to holding all january 6th perpetrators