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Jim Jordan's Jan. 6 call to Trump highlights an ongoing GOP fear
by Hayes Brown
Despite what they've said in the months since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Republican members of Congress were deeply afraid at the time. We now know that Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., two of former President Donald Trump's biggest backers, tried to get the president to call off his supporters as they tore through the building. Republicans were scared then — and are still scared now, Hayes Brown writes.
"They’re scared that betraying their once and future king will draw the eyes of the mob back on them," Brown writes. "They’re scared of what will happen to their jobs and power if that happens. And that fear has blinded them to the actual danger their inaction and silence are enabling."
Read Hayes Brown's full analysis here and don't forget to check out the rest of your Wednesday MSNBC Daily.
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