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By Joyce Vance

Dear Reader,

Wednesday’s failed coup looks even more frightening in the rearview mirror. Watching it in progress was bad enough. Our democracy was so fragile that for a moment it hung on a series of slender threads—a lone Capitol Police officer who diverted the mob’s attention, steering it away from the still full Senate chamber for long enough for the doors to be locked; members of the House evacuated after the gallery door was broken.

In October, Trump said he would accept the results of the election…if he won. He wasn’t kidding.