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Paul Krugman: Crazies, cowards and the Trump coup

No one can deny that what happened after the 2020 election was an attempted coup.

(Mark Peterson | The New York Times) Footage of President Donald Trump speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, is played during a House committee hearing investigating the attack on the Capitol, in Washington, June 9, 2022. "Like many people, I expected the worst from the Jan. 6 committee: long, droning speeches, grandstanding by posturing politicians, lots of he-said-she-said," writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. "What we've gotten instead has been riveting and terrifying."

(Mark Peterson | The New York Times) Footage of President Donald Trump speaking at the "Stop the Steal" rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, is played during a House committee hearing investigating the attack on the Capitol, in Washington, June 9, 2022. "Like many people, I expected the worst from the Jan. 6 committee: long, droning speeches, grandstanding by posturing politicians, lots of he-said-she-said," writes New York Times columnist Paul Krugman. "What we've gotten instead has been riveting and terrifying."

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By Paul Krugman | The New York Times