Thread by @ThePlumLineGS

Ponder this, folks: These stunning Trump revelations are not seen by most GOP leaders as disqualifying, whether in a party leader or 2024 nominee.

As a result, Judge Luttig tells me, he fears the US faces a period of "protracted democratic instability."

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At a deeper level, the 1/6 hearings are about the democratic future we want -- about minimizing the possibility of a future marked by chronic instability and political violence.

Scholars of democratic breakdown worry about a US version of "the Troubles":

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Here's what troubles me. It's easy to get seduced by these vivid, damning revelations.

But in the background, even as headlines explode around the country, scores of pro-coup GOP candidacies continue.

What happens after the revelations fade? Maybe this:

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Note this: Judge Luttig's foreboding is shared by scholars of democratic breakdown.

I talked to Luttig and Steven Levitsky, co-author of "How Democracies Die."

Both agreed that what GOP leaders do now is critical. Remarkable stuff from both of them:

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