Ed Martin, the deputy policy director of theconvention platform committee, was in the mob outside the Capitol on Jan. 6. At least three other people photographed in that mobare serving as delegates. So are five people who previously served as alternate electors, including four who have been charged with fraud, forgery and conspiracy.
Their roles in this convention show how much election denial has permeated the party and its institutional acceptance of the first disruption to the peaceful transfer of power since the Civil War. Even before Saturday’s assassination attempt led leaders of both parties to urge restraint of violent language, the convention organizers were working to avoid making Jan. 6 central to the week’s programming, in contrast to the typical emphasis in Trump’s speeches and interviews.
“The overall viewpoint we have right now is looking forward,” Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley said in an interview last week, before the assassination attempt. Asked whether Jan. 6 would be on the agenda, Whatley said, “No, not at all.”
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