Why the 6 January committee’s decision on Donald Trump matters
The referral of the former president to the US justice department on criminal charges sets an important precedent.
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Liz Cheney lost her primary. So what?
Though she helped shape the modern Republican Party, Cheney ultimately put her country ahead of a political career.
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Don’t let Republicans rehabilitate their party through the 6 January hearings
Despite the efforts of Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, their party hasn’t changed since Trump.
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The US’s new status quo
The 6 January committee hearings show how much Donald Trump has irreversibly changed the political landscape.
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US diplomat Marie Yovanovitch: “The Trump years did great damage”
America’s former ambassador to Ukraine on Donald Trump, the 6 January Capitol riot hearings and Russia’s invasion.
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Capitol riot testimony was more smoking gun than smoke and mirrors
Trump wanted people with weapons at his 6 January rally, and knew they could march to the Capitol.
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Liz Cheney can be a villainous Republican and an honourable human being at the same time
Her conduct at the 6 January Capitol riot hearings shows people are neither entirely good nor evil.
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The US Capitol riot hearings shouldn’t be about partisan politics
If America doesn’t properly reckon with the events of 6 January 2021, its democracy may never come back.
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