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Or, the importance of being appalled BY JEFFREY GOLDBERG At 1:42 a.m. on December 19, 2020, Donald Trump—disturbed, humiliated, livid—posted the following message on Twitter: “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” In California, David Nicholas Dempsey, a 33-year-old man-child with multiple felony convictions and a profound affection for the president, answered the call. On January 6, wearing a tactical vest and an American-flag gaiter, Dempsey came to the Capitol. Shortly before he assaulted several police officers, he shared his perspectives in an interview given while standing near a gallows. …
摘自《大西洋月刊》(The Atlantic)第337卷 第2期 · 2026年2月2日,Jeffrey Goldberg。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。