Friday, January 08, 2021
Coups work when public institutions are weak. Notably, even though an not insignificant number of Americans feel aggrieved about the outcome of the election- and even though far too many Republican politicians were willing to play along- the institutional structure of our government is pretty strong. Less than a week ago Brad Raffensperger refused to be pushed around by the President of the United States. That shouldn't be a big deal, and maybe it isn't. He was doing his job. But in so doing Mr. Raffensperger showed us that for all the Ted Cruz's and Chris Jacobs' out there American political institutions are still pretty strong. Yesterday we saw what a seditious rabble looks like. Today the Republic still stands. That's no small thing
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