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How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

  • Written by Ken Hughes, Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
imageSecurity fences stand near the U.S. Capitol on January 5, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Now that a full year has passed since the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, the 2020 election and the republic, it’s evident that the attack never really ended. Instead, it spread out to other, less visible, more vulnerable targets.

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