Thread by @gtconway3d

"Trump is seeking to unravel critical elements of our constitutional structure that make democracy work — confidence in the result of elections and the rule of law. No other American president has ever done this."

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"The Republican Party is at a turning point, and Republicans must decide whether we are going to choose truth and fidelity to the Constitution."
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"The most conservative of conservative values is reverence for the rule of law. Each of us swears an oath before God to uphold our Constitution. The electoral college has spoken."
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"The question before us now is whether we will join Trump’s crusade to delegitimize and undo the legal outcome of the 2020 election, with all the consequences that might have."
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"While embracing or ignoring Trump’s statements might seem attractive to some for fundraising and political purposes, that approach will do profound long-term damage to our party and our country."
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"We must support a parallel bipartisan review by a commission with subpoena power to seek and find facts .... This is critical to defeat the misinformation and nonsense circulating in the press and on social media."
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"We Republicans need to stand for genuinely conservative principles, and steer away from the dangerous and anti-democratic Trump cult of personality."
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"History is watching. ... We must be brave enough to defend the basic principles that underpin and protect our freedom and our democratic process. I am committed to doing that, no matter what the short-term political consequences might be."
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