If the Republic survives, books will be written for years on one of most tragic mysteries of our time: Why millions of Americans looked the other way as a president who swore to "preserve, protect and defend" the Constitution repeatedly attacked and proposed ditching parts of it 
The first part of prior tweet - "if the Republic survives" - cannot be dismissed as mere hyperbole; it is already not unreasonable to say that the United States as we once knew it, in many respects, may not come back. Long-term reputational, cultural, security, economic damage
It's often hard for people to look beyond the short-term, but damaged relationships, changes in attitude, the way we think about ourselves, our institutions, the continued and accelerating fraying of our national fabric may result in dramatic changes five, 10, 20 years from now
