"'Weirdly, part of this is that with partisan gerrymandering, a lot of members of the House do not fear losing reelection—they're afraid of losing primaries,' Eric Foner, professor emeritus of history at Columbia University and an expert in Reconstruction and the Civil War, told TPM. 'With all these Republicans loaded into their districts, they figure they'll always win so there's no benefit to them to take a reasonable stance before primary season.'"
Kate Riga at Talking Points Memo talks to historians about the Republican Party's embrace of violence
Casey Michel at Politico discusses how President U.S. Grant can provide lessons for President Joe Biden now that "the Red Shirts of South Carolina have been replaced with the Red Hats of MAGA."
And at The Bulwark, Mona Charen writes that "Republicans Make Me Proud I Voted for Biden."
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