Cruz, Hawley Are Banking Their Political Futures on Trump’s Clumsy Coup

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Thanks to Trump's clumsy coup attempt, today's electoral vote count will lay the groundwork for 2022 and beyond.

have either embraced strategic silence or declined to join in the brewing protest—something that could provoke the ire of Trump and his base, but keep them from going on the record explicitly trying to disregard the will of the American people. Others, like Cruz and Hawley, the self-appointed leaders of the Senate objection, are hitching their prospects to the president, perhaps in hopes that it could give them a political edge in the next Republican primary cycle.

“If we perpetuate the notion that Congress may disregard certified electoral votes,” the Republican representatives added, “we will be delegitimizing the very system that led Donald Trump to victory in 2016, and that could provide the only path to victory in 2024.” It is because of strategy, not anything resembling real principle, that many Republicans are supporting or opposing this charade. That rejecting or embracing an unambiguous and unprecedented assault on the bedrock of American democracy has become a political calculation for Republicans is, of course, a damning indictment of the party.

 

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