Lamar Alexander Condemns Trump Over Jan. 6 in 500-Page Memoir

3 articles · Updated · NOTUS · May 15

Alexander, 85, says in his memoir that Trump "undermined the United States Constitution" and that Jan. 6 amounted to a "high crime or misdemeanor."
The former Tennessee senator said a Jan. 8, 2021 walk through the damaged Capitol "turned my stomach" and finally pushed him, after more than five years of silence, to speak out.
He also faults Senate Republicans for failing to check Trump in his second term, citing Jan. 6 pardons, cuts to medical research and use of the Justice Department against enemies; he said only Rand Paul consistently defended Senate prerogatives.
The more than 500-page "The Education Of A Senator," due next week, mixes that critique with a broader plea for public service and Alexander's hope that voter backlash by 2026 and 2028 produces nominees unlike Trump.

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