Conor Lamb's powerful rebuke of the Sedition Caucus stands as an important statement about this dangerous moment. He laid bare an essential truth: The core ethos of this movement is that it does not feel bound by *legitimate* electoral outcomes. My latest: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/conor-lamb-house-affirmation-vote-sedition/

Here's my best effort to describe the true nature of the ethos of bad faith driving Trump and his insurrectionists:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/conor-lamb-house-affirmation-vote-sedition/

We are facing the prospect of a permanent radicalized movement whose explicit ethos is that elections are only legitimate if they win them.

Its members have absolute, seething contempt for their fellow citizens.

With @DavidAFrench and @lionel_trolling:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/01/07/conor-lamb-house-affirmation-vote-sedition/