Republicans must repudiate Trump - or live with the consequences forever | Geoffrey Kabaservice

Nearly two-thirds of congressional Republicans made themselves complicit in Trump's lie by voting to overturn the election, even after a deadly riot

A little more than a week ago, most Americans - perhaps even many of Donald Trump's supporters - were ready for the 45th president and his administration to pass into the history books. Now Trump is making us all live through history.

On 6 January, the US Capitol was sacked by a pro-Trump mob, the first large-scale occupation of the citadel of American democracy since the British burned it during the War of 1812. The mob succeeded in forcing Congress to evacuate and halting the constitutional ceremony of certifying the electoral college votes - another first. Now Trump, who was charged by the House of Representatives with incitement of insurrection" for his role in the riot that left five dead, has become the first president in history ever to be impeached twice.