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Staff writer, @TheAtlantic. Author of THE WILDERNESS. “Sort of handsome” - Donald J. Trump.

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    1. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

      As the Trump era draws to a close, the Republican Party is fractured, out of power, and bitterly fighting over core tenets of democracy. My story on the spectacle in Washington today, with quotes from Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, Thomas Massie, and more:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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    2. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

      I spoke to (a fairly sanguine) Romney last night a few hours after he was harassed by Trump supporters in an airport. “A huge portion of the American public has been misled by the president about the outcome of the election," he told me.https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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    3. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

      “The president was right that there was an effort to corrupt the election," Romney told me, "but it was not by Joe Biden. It was by President Trump.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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      McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

      In a Senate floor speech today, Romney will try to appeal to his colleagues' sense of their own legacies: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …pic.twitter.com/7RffGwaDy6

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        2. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          Romney says he worries a future Trump-style power grab could succeed: "Instead of being represented by Larry, Moe, and Rudy, a future presidential candidate may have highly competent counsel. There may be state election officials with less backbone."https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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        3. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          Romney has some personal experience with debunking voter-fraud claims: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …pic.twitter.com/uh0fe64lCt

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        4. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          Ben Sasse on the ploy to challenge electoral votes: “If politicians use a tactic once, they’ll use it again. If these votes become a cost-free way to signal dissatisfaction with the outcome of an election, this is going to be a tradition every 4 years.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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        5. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          GOP Rep. Thomas Massie was candid about why his colleagues are going along with this: “Trump has a 94% approval rating among my Republican electorate—I’ve actually polled it twice. Those are people that vote in the primaries in Kentucky’s Fourth District."https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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        6. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          Massie opposes the Electoral College challenge on constitutional grounds, but says many of his constituents won't be happy: "I’m going to have a lot of explaining to do.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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        7. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          “Sometimes it’s your job to tell your constituents they’re all wet,” Jeff Flake told me. “There’s been very little willingness to do that.”https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/01/trump-romney-electoral-college/617566/ …

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        8. McKay Coppins‏Verified account @mckaycoppins Jan 6

          McKay Coppins Retweeted ELIJAH SCHAFFER

          What happens when a political party spends years indulging its base's worst impulses over and over and over again:https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1346881968819105792 …

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          BREAKING: Trump supporters have breached the Capitol building, tearing down 4 layers of security fencing and are attempting to occupy the building — fighting federal police who are overrun This is the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my life. Thousands, police can’t stop them pic.twitter.com/VVdTUwV5YN
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        1. Robin Harris‏ @RAH_NYC Jan 6
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          Romney is exactly right. Do Cruz et al not remember the obituaries of Congressional Nixon supporters? There was no nuance. It was just plainly stated that they were on the wrong side of history.

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        1. Jenn‏ @JenneIsSoReal Jan 6
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          L.O.L.

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        1. Justin D. Hughes‏ @jdhughez Jan 6
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          lol

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