Trending Now: How Republicans became the party of Trump’s election lie after the U.S. Capitol attack
| As the nation prepares Thursday to mark the anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, former president Donald Trump has pushed a majority of his party into a full embrace of his false election fraud charges. At the same time, he has led efforts to whitewash the violence carried out that day by a mob of his supporters. At least 163 Republicans who have embraced Trump's false claims are running for statewide positions that would give them authority over the administration of elections, according to a Washington Post tally. |
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| | | |  |  | | Must-read stories around major news events | | | Trending Now | Jan. 6, 7:41 a.m. EST | | | | | As the nation prepares Thursday to mark the anniversary of the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection, former president Donald Trump has pushed a majority of his party into a full embrace of his false election fraud charges. At the same time, he has led efforts to whitewash the violence carried out that day by a mob of his supporters. At least 163 Republicans who have embraced Trump's false claims are running for statewide positions that would give them authority over the administration of elections, according to a Washington Post tally. | | | | | |
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