January 6 thoughts

B. Jay Cooper
4 min readJan 5, 2022

On the eve of the January 6 insurrection/riot/coup/tourists-taking-pictures, out in the open, right in front of our collective faces, former President Donald Trump is laying the groundwork for another White House bid, and this time the lying he’s done (pretending the 2020 election was stolen from him) may wind up actually happening through seemingly legitimate avenues, but to his benefit.

He is endorsing state-level candidates for Secretary of the State, the top person overseeing elections in states, and attorneys general, those folks who are the top state law enforcement official so who could…

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B. Jay Cooper

Former deputy White House press secretary (Reagan and Bush 41) and former head of communications at Republican Natl Committee. My blog: bjaycooper.com.