Opinion by Ruth Marcus: Two Republican women, two visions of what ails America
Such as this scene in the House Republican cloakroom on Jan. 6, before the Capitol was overrun. “Objection sheets” that opposed certifying the electoral college results in various states were laid out on tables, and Cheney’s compliant colleagues were busy signing them — even though a single objection was sufficient. “The things we do for the orange Jesus,” one lawmakerThese people aren’t deluded; they’re just looking out for themselves.
“And now Donald Trump has been suggesting, not even subtly, that any legal action against him could result in violence … that if he is prosecuted, his supporters should stand up to our constitutional order and the rule of law, stand up and through whatever means are needed, prevent his prosecution, prevent the application of the law. It is hard to see this as anything but a direct threat to our Constitution, to our republic, and a credible one at that.
To Hageman, “the Biden administration is a constitutional disaster the likes of which we have not seen before. It’s an administration that at this point makes no effort to adhere to even the most rudimentary constructs of what we call the rule of law.”
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