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We're living with the bad man the American people decided to put back in charge. Beats me:

Johnson said he is “more confident today” that democracy can survive Stain.

During the No Kings protests, some 7 million people marched across the country against Stain, he noted. Dems. have been beating Repugs in elections this year.

The “monster will be put back into the box,” he said.

Among other things, An AZ state lawmaker publicly called for Jayapal to be hanged in Sept.

Anti-gov't extremism has increased, too, with gov't officials being more regularly targeted. A Unv. of Maryland report found the % of violent events that targeted gov't officials & facilities more than doubled in the 1st 1/2 of 2025 compared w/ that period in 2024.

witnessing w/ their own eyes what was taking place at the Capitol. And what was taking place was an insurrection.”

Stain’s actions on Jan. 6, he said, are a “textbook” example of what the KKK Act was created for: to stop the strong-arming of those tasked to uphold a democracy.

“Nations grow, societies thrive when we learn from history, good & bad, as opposed to seeking to redefine history,” he added.

“What we’re seeing with this admin & Congress is they are trying to redefine history despite Americans from across the country from all walks of life,

“Stain tries to rewrite history, but you can’t,” Nadler said. “You can try to ‘1984’ it, but the truth is truth.”
Derrick Johnson, pres of the NAACP, told HuffPost this litigation has always been about ensuring there are “guardrails” from tyrannical power & protecting the peaceful transfer of power.

That report found Stain relied on “nonsense” claims of fraud to advance his lie that the 2020 election was stolen from him, pressured state & local election officials to say the election was “corrupt,” delayed his response to send help to the Capitol, & more.

Repugs formed a new Jan. 6 committee this fall, 3 yrs. after the House Select Committee to Investigate Jan. 6 issued its final report.

People who had pleaded guilty or served their time — they were given pardons,” Johnson said.

“There are dangerous folks released out onto the streets,” he added.

He issued pardons & commutations for members of the Oath Keepers & Proud Boys convicted of organizing a seditious conspiracy to stop the transfer of power.

Stain has defended his conduct on Jan. 6 as necessary & normal for a pres. concerned w/ goings-on across gov't.
One of Stain’s 1st moves when he reentered the WH was to pardon over 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants, including those who violently assaulted police.

was never held accountable in trying to steal the 2020 election,” Jayapal said. “He was never held accountable for claiming that he was acting in an official capacity when he clearly wasn’t.”

Stain has long tried to rewrite the history of Jan. 6 from his bully pulpit, but he can’t do that as easily in a court of law.

“I see how Stain’s 2nd term is already so much worse, & I would argue that is in part because he was allowed to return to office &

“That suggests that the SCOTUS is comfortable w/ the standard that the Court of Appeals adopted, which is the same standard we applied before the District Court.”