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Fake elector helped pro-Trump operatives access election office

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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The Threat to Democracy in the United States

In New Mexico today, a judge removed the January 6 rioter and Cowboys for Trump founder, Coy Griffin, as a county commissioner because of his role in the attack on the Capitol. This constitutes the first time that an elected official in the United States has been removed from office for participating in the January6 riot or insurrection. Peter Wainer, a former official who served in both Bush administrations as well as under President Reagan, is also the author of the book The Death of Politics,. How to Heal Our Afraid Republic After Trump.

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