Mid term elections are later this year. If republicans take control of the house, then there will no longer be any investigations into what happened on january sixth. Time is running out to hold people accountable in time for 20 22 and 21 election. The current republican party a doing what it's doing augures very poorly for a fair election for president in 20 24. We have only one party in american politics that is prepared to lose an election and call it legitimate. Anthat's the democratic party. Republicans are not in that place. They are prepared to win by cheating.
One year later, the United States is still trying to wrap its head around what happened on January 6, 2021. (It was an insurrection.) This year, our democracy once again will be tested.
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