"Donald Trump’s supporters probably thought it couldn’t get any worse than Election Day, or more precisely the hours and days afterward when the votes swung shockingly in Joe Biden’s favor—the day the winning stopped. Then came January 6, and the attack on the Capitol.
No citizen, no constitutionalist, no conservative could regard that day’s outrages with anything but dismay and indignation..." So writes Claremont Review of Books editor Charles Kesler in his essay, "After January 6th: The Future of Trump and Trumpism" — one of our top read articles of 2021.
Read his powerful essay here along with other fan favorites of 2021 below.
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