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The GOP’s Replaying the Conspiracy That Predicted Rome’s Fall
HISTORY LESSON
opinion
Win McNamee/Getty
Yes, it was hopeless. But more significant than the coup’s failure is the fact that it commanded such support, on the streets and in the Senate, for the end of democracy.
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Jan. 7 2021
5:07AM EST
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
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