One candidate for a Massachusetts school board posted a selfie of himself among the mob of insurrectionists on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Another participant, running for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates, not only boasted about it on Facebook but also predicted a “coming Civil War,” saying she was willing to “fight and die” for both her “family” and “small businesses.” Another Virginia House candidate responded to Black critics of his presence at the insurrection by telling them to focus on “the needs of the colored community.” A city council candidate in Idaho described her experience at the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally as a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to show support for our country.” On Tuesday, each of these candidates—Republicans all—won, as did four others who participated in the Jan. 6 events. As Christopher Mathias observes at HuffPost, these outcomes at the very least tell us that “one of the country’s major political parties, despite some initial gestures at being horrified by the events of Jan. 6, is almost completely unrepentant over its role in fomenting the historic attack on the Capitol.” Read more