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This Town After Trump: Nothing to See Here, Folks

Sometimes, Washington clutches its pearls so hard it risks choking itself. After January 6, Republicans just want to move on.

Pro-Trump protestors riot at the Capitol
(Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Julia Ioffe
July 27, 2021

Washington is a strange place. People who don’t live here love to beat up on us, to accuse us of being cynical and corrupt, and full of people who say one thing and do another, and Washington is undoubtedly all those things—though it is also full of some of the biggest idealists I’ve ever met. But what I find mind-boggling about this place is how and why Washington gets outraged.