It is sad but very few Trump supporters — especially those who were also politicians — ever had the balls to challenge Trump directly. They were simply not willing to act firmly to protect the peaceful transfer of power essential to our representative democracy.
All the responsible courts and state electoral officials involved (Democratic & Republican) ruled that the election votes showed Biden was the winner. It was absolutely crucial to respect the norms of the electoral process (which benefited Republicans in the electoral college). It was equally essential to repudiate Trump’s unsupported lies about the election and his plan to subvert the results and force the decision into the House. Trump was consciously trying to steal and subvert the election.
No Republic can long stand if its leaders are so craven. No democratic nation can survive if its people follow leaders so faithless to our institutional, constitutional and democratic norms.
