The January 6 Election

Playbook: “One way to think about the last three years of American politics is as an ongoing effort to hold Donald Trump accountable for his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.”

“It started as a bipartisan effort that treated Trump as a pariah, but then it quickly polarized into just another red-blue issue, one that rehabilitated Trump among Republicans while generally benefitting Democrats electorally. Ever since, the accountability effort has pingponged through different branches of government, the states, and other legal and political institutions…”

“So it is no surprise that Biden is kicking off the 2024 election today with a speech reminding voters of Jan. 6 and alerting them to the threat he believes Trump poses — one he prepped for by meeting with a group of historians at the White House.”

Nancy Pelosi: “The threat to our democracy is real, present and urgent.”