Sadly, this anti-democratic streak isn’t confined to ardent Maga ‘deplorables’. They were just saying the quiet part out loud
It was the worst day for American democracy in decades. It was the best day for American democracy in years.
What do you say when armed citizens storm the Capitol of your country, determined to overthrow the legitimate government? I have no idea. And until approximately 2pm on Wednesday, I thought that being an American meant never having to figure it out. We were the original experiment in self-government, the professor emeritus of democracy, sometimes creaky and behind the times but mostly respected despite our flaws.
