Thread by @DermotMCole

1. I've had second thoughts about the value of the extensive weasel words the @adndotcom published from the lips of @SenDanSullivan the other day. Thanks to @AK_OK for offering this profile in evasion. I've added annotation.
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2. Sullivan covers for Trump, the inciter-in-chief with a deflection, never admitting that Trump lit the fuse. "I think had the president accepted the election results earlier and repudiated the mob violence earlier and more forcefully, it could have had an impact yesterday.”

3. As late as Monday Jan. 4, Sullivan's office refused comment on the GOP coup proposed by members of Congress. On Jan. 7, Sullivan said he had "decided a number of days ago" to oppose the coup. So he stayed silent in the corner, avoiding triggering Trump or Trump voters.

4. Embarrassed by the rioters, Trump defenders like Sarah Palin started the lie—rejected by the FBI—that the terrorists were Antifa. Sullivan won't call it a lie.

5. Sullivan and other Republicans refused to denounce the torrent of lies from Trump about the election, setting the stage for the GOP terrorists. Sullivan still excuses himself and refuses to call out Trump's lies, knowing that Trump is popular with Sullivan voters.

6. Sullivan's office has sent a 2,100-word term paper to Alaskans who wrote him about the coup, trying to appease Trump supporters and opponents. "I wish fervently that President Trump had accepted the results of the election. . ." Sullivan said after the terrorists were gone.

7. In the appeasement paper, Sullivan never says Trump lost. He never says Biden won. He never says Trump lied. He says Trump didn't win in court. He says some people believe there was fraud. He excuses Trump lies, but opposes violence, adding to election doubts. He gets an F.

8. Sullivan's conclusion. He didn't mention his fervent wishes for Trump to accept the results of the election until after the riots incited by Trump. #aksen #akgov

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The @adndotcom did us a favor, though I didn't realize it until now, in printing an extended Q&A in which Dan Sullivan evades and appeases about the Trump coup.