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SETH HALPERN's avatar

It should go without saying that letting Trump and his ilk off the hook legally for fear of insurrection or otherwise infuriating his supporters will embolden their subversive political activity, making it harder to defeat them in that arena too. Trump's efforts to evade legal accountability and pursue political sabotage are all of a piece. You can't cherry pick between them hoping that you can simultaneously quell the mob and preserve the Constitution.

Of course, there are lots of voters who simply don't care whether the country is dragged into the abyss or not. They may in fact hold the key to the country's future, sad to say. But at least it may be possible to approach them without reference to the current irrepressible conflict.

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