Well, howdy there, internet people, let's bow again.

So today, we are going to talk about Republicans addressing the elephant in the room.

An open letter went out from former members of the House of Representatives.

There are a whole lot of Republican signatures on this.

And I don't think it's getting the press that it should. I'm not going to read the whole thing, but I'm going to read a lot of it.

I think that it's something that people should probably hear.

As is now clear, January 6th was only one event among many that together constituted an extraordinary

campaign to overturn an election.

The scale and audacity of the campaign is profoundly troubling.

Among the most alarming findings is that various members of Congress participated in it.

We now know, for example, that sitting

lawmakers corresponded and met with White House officials and allies to plot

various prongs of the campaign, including to advocate that the president declare martial law.

That states submit false certificates of electoral votes to Congress,

that the vice president and contravention of his constitutional duties interfere with the counting of

electoral votes and that federal law enforcement authorities be enlisted to

interfere with the election. Among other startling facts, we now also know

that various sitting lawmakers sought presidential pardons. These lawmakers

stopped short of storming the capital themselves, but they shared a common goal with those who did, to prevent the lawful transfer of power for the first time in the Republic's history.

And as with those who stormed the capital,

they must be held accountable.

They go on to talk about how, as lawmakers,

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