A Republican activist who signed a document falsely claiming Donald Trump had won Arizona in 2020 became the first person to be convicted in the state’s fake elector case.
A coup attempt that doesn’t result in any jail time or tangible consequences. But, oh well, I’m sure once we get Republicans to say something they’ll definitely stand by it and let that guide their future actions, it’s not like they’ve shown themselves to be persistent liars who are obsessed with obtaining political power however they have to do it or anything. /s
e; I agree with the general argument that holding state level Republicans accountable is just as if not more important, fwtw
A coup attempt that doesn’t result in any jail time or tangible consequences.
… Yet. Even if it takes a while to get there, and even if the head guy might get off, all the folks who actually did the dirty work are still being prosecuted, and do not have the unlimited legal/campaign funds that he has to gum up the works. It will make it much harder to find people willing to throw their life into chaos to support a man who will ignore them the first chance he gets.
A coup attempt that doesn’t result in any jail time or tangible consequences. But, oh well, I’m sure once we get Republicans to say something they’ll definitely stand by it and let that guide their future actions, it’s not like they’ve shown themselves to be persistent liars who are obsessed with obtaining political power however they have to do it or anything. /s
e; I agree with the general argument that holding state level Republicans accountable is just as if not more important, fwtw
… Yet. Even if it takes a while to get there, and even if the head guy might get off, all the folks who actually did the dirty work are still being prosecuted, and do not have the unlimited legal/campaign funds that he has to gum up the works. It will make it much harder to find people willing to throw their life into chaos to support a man who will ignore them the first chance he gets.
Or, they’ll see that “unsupervised probation” is the price and readily try again, because why not.