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A review by icecurtain
This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy by Jonathan Martin
5.0
I recently went through "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for American Democracy" and recommend it. It's an accounting of the end of Trump's presidency and the beginning of Biden's. As you might imagine, the insurrection plays a key role.
I will note that it's not remotely sympathetic to Trump. However, it's impossible for any remotely objective account to do so, and trust me - there isn't one figure in this book that comes out smelling of roses. It tends to be harsh on everyone, both Democrat and Republican.
I like audiobooks because I can listen to them at double speed while getting other things done, but I recommend the audiobook version here for another reason: at the end they include GOP recordings about Jan 6.
It's no surprise that most Republicans were fully, keenly aware that there wasn't a shred of truth to Trump's delusions about election fraud. He just didn't want to accept losing, so he claimed he didn't, even though he had absolutely nothing to stand on.
What did surprise me a little is that some GOP legislators actually seemed to BELIEVE Trump's claims. There was a great deal of disagreement between Republicans based on their degree of disconnection from reality when it came to the election.
What absolutely appalled me is how several Republicans, shortly before January 6th, insisted that their duty to uphold the Constitution... meant they had to scrap the Constitution, destroy democracy and attempt to overthrow the election results. To go counter to the will of the people to put the candidate they wanted in charge - even though that would ruin our democratic process forever. Somehow they managed to make mental convolutions to believe that was actually better serving the spirit of democracy.
I will note that it's not remotely sympathetic to Trump. However, it's impossible for any remotely objective account to do so, and trust me - there isn't one figure in this book that comes out smelling of roses. It tends to be harsh on everyone, both Democrat and Republican.
I like audiobooks because I can listen to them at double speed while getting other things done, but I recommend the audiobook version here for another reason: at the end they include GOP recordings about Jan 6.
It's no surprise that most Republicans were fully, keenly aware that there wasn't a shred of truth to Trump's delusions about election fraud. He just didn't want to accept losing, so he claimed he didn't, even though he had absolutely nothing to stand on.
What did surprise me a little is that some GOP legislators actually seemed to BELIEVE Trump's claims. There was a great deal of disagreement between Republicans based on their degree of disconnection from reality when it came to the election.
What absolutely appalled me is how several Republicans, shortly before January 6th, insisted that their duty to uphold the Constitution... meant they had to scrap the Constitution, destroy democracy and attempt to overthrow the election results. To go counter to the will of the people to put the candidate they wanted in charge - even though that would ruin our democratic process forever. Somehow they managed to make mental convolutions to believe that was actually better serving the spirit of democracy.