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New York Daily News Editorial Board

Editorial: Grand theft democracy: The maybe-final Jan. 6 hearing makes clear the magnitude of Trump’s crime

In his last tweet of Jan. 6, as order was restored in the Capitol and his mob was cleared out, President Donald Trump extolled the violent ransacking.

“These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”

Of course, the day will be forever remembered not for the supposed heroism of “great patriots,” but for the shame that the then-president brought on himself for subverting the rule of law and democracy.

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