Trump’s efforts to subvert the elections laid bare the system’s weaknesses, exposing it to greater exploitation
Donald Trump speaks on the election night at an event at the White House in November 2020.The further into the right-wing media jungle you venture, the more the narrative becomes distorted. NewsGuard, a non-partisan firm that monitors misinformation,output during the period of the hearings from Newsmax, the hard-right TV channel that is still carried by most major cable and satellite providers.
The media bubble is not the only barrier standing between the January 6 committee and a major repair of the country’s damaged democratic infrastructure. While the hearings focused heavily on the figure of Trump, Levitsky argues that an arguably even greater threat is now posed by the Republican party which enabled him.
“They discovered that there is a plethora of opportunities for subverting an election, from blocking certification to sending alternate slates of electors to Congress. Armed with that knowledge, they may well do it much better next time.”
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