Tonight, the Republican Party both honored Donald Trump and put cash money into his pocket.

Why is this important?

Here's why: Because Trump tried to overthrow American democracy to hang on to power.

Have we forgotten?

Here is some helpful context:

Trump spent weeks attacking the legitimacy of the Nov. 3 election after he had lost, lying that it had been “stolen” from him and that he had actually won in a “landslide.”

Those falsehoods continued through a long string of failed lawsuits challenging the results in a handful of states.

After the Electoral College finally voted on Dec. 14, making Democrat Joe Biden’s win official, Trump began urging his followers to come to Washington on Jan. 6 ...

... to intimidate his own vice president and Congress into overturning the election results and installing Trump as president for another term anyway.

The mob he incited attempted to do just that as it stormed the Capitol. His supporters even chanted “Hang Mike Pence” after Pence refused to comply with Trump’s demands.

In 220 of elections, Donald Trump was the FIRST president to do something like this.

And the Republican Party continues to pander to him. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republican-national-committee-gop-enriching-trump_n_6070c9d4c5b634fd437e77ee