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Republicans who plotted with Trump to overturn the election before Jan. 6 now allege they don't remember what they said even though the committee investigating the insurrection has emails and texts of their statements.  It is terrible and fallacious communications but they are going to get away with it.  They live in safe districts and there is a core of Republicans who believe with them that Trump's election was stolen.  Politics can sustain a big lie if the politician is persuasive enough.  Truth isn't needed to hold onto power.  Witness what is happening in Ukraine. One might think it can't happen here but as long as citizens tolerate lies, it will continue.  There are systemic falsehoods that last for generations such as questioning the humanity of African-Americans.  Eventually under the pressure of the public, they must be exposed and rooted out.  No one knows how long the lie about Trump's lost election will last, but it is enduring so far.