As Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., explained in this year's first public hearing of the House select committee investigating January 6, Donald Trump had a "sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election." While the riot that Trump incited on the 6th has gotten the most attention, the part of the plan covered during Tuesday's hearing is perhaps the most dangerous.
As the committee demonstrated during the hearing, Trump not only pressured state and local officials to falsify votes. He also concocted a plan to replace the legitimate electors to Congress to vote for Joe Biden as president with fake ones that would support him instead. Every hearing for the Jan. 6 committee is important, but Tuesday's may be the most important of all because it makes clear that Trump's Big Lie isn't just about the past coup, but the future one.
