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U.S. Capitol Riots

January 6 Commission defeat previews dangerous failures to come on voting and elections

The Senate will not only break your heart, it will imperil your democracy. A 1/6 Commission is only the first failure-by-filibuster we're likely to see.

Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the Capitol in Washington  on Jan. 6.

The Bible says the truth will set you free. Leading Republicans say the truth could cost you elections and power, so the hell with it.

The successful Senate filibuster blocking an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol should not be viewed as just another round of dysfunction. Barring shocking displays of procedural courage by Democrats or political courage by Republicans, it is a preview of massive failures to come in the project of trying to preserve American democracy.

“I’m deeply disappointed,” Rep. Lee Hamilton, a Democrat who was vice chair of the 9/11 Commission, told me. He called the Jan. 6 riot “a very dark day in the history of our country. We came very close to losing our republic and our form of government. Obviously Congress should investigate.”