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The most frightening thing we’ve learned over the past six years is just how indifferent the vast majority of the Republican Party is to the rule of law, the Constitution, basic decency and truth

Three stories show the range of tactics that those in power use to silence critics and those they prefer to ignore. But there are forums for fighting back.

Eighty-three years ago, 
Mr. Smith went to 
Washington. Last Tuesday, Lady Ruby did, too. Georgia election workers Ruby “Lady Ruby” Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye Moss — “Shaye” to her friends — appeared last week before the House committee investigating the 
Jan. 6 insurrection. Like the title character in

Eighty-three years ago, Mr. Smith went to Washington. Last Tuesday, Lady Ruby did, too.

“Do you know how it feels,” asked Georgia election worker "Lady Ruby" Freeman in video testimony, “to have the president of the United States to target you?”

With my mother and saying things like because it is 2020 and not 1920. yeah. >> for a lot of these threats and vile comments racist in nature? >> a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. but yes sir. >> there is no where i feel safe. nowhere. do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states targeting you. the presence of the united states is supposed to represent every american. not to target one. but he targeted me. lady ruby. a small business owner, a moth...

States is supposed to represent every american. not to target one. but he targeted me. lady ruby. a small business owner, a mother, a proud american citizen. whos standing up to help fulton county run an election. in the middle of the pandemic. >> but what he did was without a doubt unconstitutional. it was unpatriotic. it was fundamentally un-american. when he used the power of his -- -- a small business owner, a mother, a proud american citizen. whos standing up to help fulton county run an el...

Eighty-three years ago, Mr. Smith went to Washington. Last Tuesday, Lady Ruby did, too.

Lives have been destroyed and the threats against them, and then the threats increased against the members of the january 6th select committee. its just how divisive and angry and violent things are right now. >> amazing. >> thats one of the things these hearings have shown. how close things went from the election being overturned, if it werent for some people standing up to donald trump, but actually the real life impacts this had on people like wandrea moss, who was just doing her job, and peo...

>> do you know how it feels to have the president of the united states to target you? the president of the united states is supposed to represent every american not to target one. but he targeted me, lady ruby. a small business owner, a mother, a proud american citizen who stands up to help fulton county run an election in the middle of the pandemic. >> i dont want to go anywhere with my mom because she might yell my name out over the grocery aisle or something. i dont go to the grocery store at...