Steve Brodner: "These politicians denied democracy on Jan. 6. Now, they want your vote."

Steve Brodner writes and draws "These politicians denied democracy on Jan. 6. Now, they want your vote" for the Washington Post. 

"While the violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, aiming to subvert democracy and keep President Donald Trump in power, another group was already working on the same project inside. In an unsuccessful bid to prevent Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election, 147 Republicans formally supported objection to counting Joe Biden’s electoral votes.

"Some have already left office. But as many as 117 members of Congress are running for reelection in 2024. Here they are, drawn together; a collection of American politicians engaged in using democracy in order to attain the power to subvert it."

 

This is a tour de force of political cartooning with more caricatures in one place than I've ever seen. It is also, of course, horrifying -- and Steve captures that very well.