43 Senators Fear Primaries More than Helping Kill Democracy

43 Senate Republicans fear primary challenges more than eroding the democracy they supposedly serve and emboldening future American autocrats. That’s the only explanation I can imagine — other than having drunk the Kool-Aid like Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, and Ron Johnson — for acquitting Donald Trump after he perpetrated the “big lie” of a stolen election for two months, after he learned from his daily intelligence briefing that many of the “stop the steal” rally-goers had expressed violent plans and intentions, after he then still urged his…