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"The Trump movement might not have begun as an insurrection, but it became one after its leader claimed he had been cheated out of reelection. For Trump supporters, the events of Jan. 6 were not an embarrassing debacle but a patriotic effort to save the nation, by violent action if necessary. As one 56-year-old Michigan woman explained: 'We weren't there to steal things. We weren't there to do damage. We were just there to overthrow the government.'

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"It would be foolish to imagine that the violence of Jan. 6 was an aberration that will not be repeated. Because Trump supporters see those events as a patriotic defense of the nation, there is every reason to expect more such episodes.

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"We are already in a constitutional crisis. The destruction of democracy might not come until November 2024, but critical steps in that direction are happening now."

-- Robert Kagan, "Our constitutional crisis is already here", 2021-09-23, The Washington Post (Opinion)