claims. indeed, christopher krebs, the nation's top cyber security official at the department of homeland security celebrated the fact that the elections were the most secure in american history and with were untainted by irregularities. president trump responded by firing christopher krebs for having told the truth when even attorney general william barr said the justice department couldn't find the evidence of systemic fraud. trump parted ways with him too. it would have been awful enough for an american president to borrow the playbook used too often by foreign autocrats, but the calamity was made worse by his party's willingness to endorse trump's assault, with limited exceptions, congressional republicans cheered the president on while he tried to overturn the results of his defeat, unmoved by trump's apparent madness and the toll it was taking on the integrity of the country's institutions. and of course that effort has only grown in pace and scope since then. the effort to undermine the results of the 2020 election is now the animating force within the republican party, which more than anything is working on rescinding voting rights and seizing partisan control. of the administration of