Many key Republicans have eroded democracy by refusing to call out President Trump’s lies, writes columnist Randy Schultz. Under a new presidency, they can start unifying the country by simply admitting that Biden won fair and square.
10 Tuesday AM Reads January 19, 2021 6:00am by Barry Ritholtz
It is our 1,460th and final day of the Trump Administration. Finish strong with our morning reads:
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The 15 most notable lies of Donald Trump’s presidency So many to choose from! These are the most consequential (CNN)
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President Trump made a total of 30,529 false or misleading claims over 1,455 days Orwellian is a word that gets tossed around too much but Trumpism embodied Big Brother more than any other movement outside of North Korea (Washington Post)
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Why Stocks Don’t Care About the Coup The terrifying and deadly insurrection was both shambolic and pointless. Trump’s attempt to steal the election failed. Biden will become President, Dems will control Senate & House. That was the signal markets heard, dismissing the violence as mere noise. (The Atlantic)
Associated Press
By supporting efforts to overturn the results of the presidential election, most of the nation’s Republican state attorneys general may have undermined their offices’ long-held special status in federal courts.
In December, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed legal papers attempting to overturn the results of the presidential election based on unfounded claims of election fraud in four states that voted for President-elect Joe Biden. The Republican attorneys general for 17 other states made legal filings supporting his effort, which was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court.
More recently, an association that is affiliated with their political arm, the Republican Attorneys General Association, became entangled in the Jan. 6 rally by President Donald Trump that preceded the violent insurrection against the U.S. Capitol. That group, the Rule of Law Defense Fund, helped pay for promotional efforts to get people to attend Trump’s rally. The controversy prompted
One week ago, on Jan. 6, Donald J. Trump secured his place in history by becoming the only president of the United States to ever incite the violent overthrow of the government. His legacy in now further cemented by his becoming the first president to ever be impeached twice.
Corporations have been condemning the Capitol insurrection, but take a closer look.
Michael E. Porter and Bruce F. Freed
Opinion contributors
U.S. corporations and their leaders are speaking out forcefully about the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and the need to transition quickly to the Biden era. However, they face a serious problem their political spending in many cases conflicts with their calls and, in fact, played a role in the crisis.
Their problem is highlighted by the hundreds of thousands, even millions, of dollars that leading corporations and their trade associations contributed to some groups that funded the election of state attorneys general who tried to overturn the election, and to groups like the Rule of Law Defense Fund that encouraged the Jan. 6 election protest.