Trump clearly and irrefutably tried to seize power through a coup. We can have our political differences, but if you don’t regard that as a problem – you are not an American.
What’s gotten into Republicans? The periodic peaceful transfer of power has been the keystone of the Republic since George Washington. All of us mutually agreeing on its importance is the thing that holds everything together.
The attempted coup through election nullification is unprecedented. Even Nixon, as horrible as he was never came close to this. And yet, it is part of a larger conservative hysteria that rejects any and all legal authority that does not flow from conservative straight white male superiority.
Doctors: “Wear a mask, you’ll live longer.”
GOP: “I have a better idea. Fuck you!”
Kevin Hensley, for example, may not all be white supremacist technically speaking but conservative straight white male supremacy is at the heart of his politics. I think we can all (conservatives and liberals alike) agree on that much. Moving on from that bit of common ground, we can all also agree that Modern Republicanism is really no different than a defendant in a trial deciding that the jury made a mistake, and therefor he would not be bound by the verdict.
All of this to say that I don’t know how a civil society continues when 30-40% of the members refuse to be bound by any commonly understood rules rules or even any norms of behavior. I guess we’ll see.