Democracy Dies in Darkness

Opinion The election was free and fair. This needs to end — for the sake of our democracy.

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January 5, 2021 at 2:29 p.m. EST
Trump supporters protest for Congress to decertify election results during a rally on the steps of Pennsylvania's State Capitol building in Harrisburg on Tuesday. (Jose F. Moreno/AP)

Mike Rogers, a Republican, represented Michigan’s 8th Congressional District in the House from 2001 to 2015 and was chairman of the Intelligence Committee from 2011 to 2015.

If I were an allied foreign leader, I would be discouraged at what I was witnessing in the United States today and wondering what was happening to the anchor of democracy.