Trump is leading a 'top-down conspiracy against the constitutional order': Ex-GOP insider David Frum [View all]

David Frum, a former Republican insider who worked as a speechwriter for President George W. Bush, put former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election in stark terms on Wednesday.

During a CNN panel discussion about the potential disbarment of former Trump attorney John Eastman, Frum argued that punishment was absolutely warranted for an attorney who falsely claimed that Vice President Mike Pence had unilateral authority as president of the United States Senate to throw away certified election results.

"We haven't seen a top-down conspiracy against the constitutional order since the 1860s in the United States," he said. "And so... it feels new because it's so old and a lot of people are baffled."

Frum's comments about Trump's attacks on the American constitutional order took on new relevance amid revelations that the Republican National Committee is reportedly making believing Trump's lies about the 2020 election a "litmus test" for employment.

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