If you pay much attention to politics, you probably know Republicans are divided over the events of January 6, 2021. Not a lot of them will openly praise the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol that day, though some continue to make excuses for these would-be insurrectionists, or to claim they had nothing to do with Donald J. Trump. But there is a sharp division between Republicans who believe it was legitimate for Trump and his congressional allies to try to overturn Joe Biden’s “stolen” victory, and those who reject the idea on various grounds of fact or law. The former group has been growing steadily from the day the 45th president survived his second impeachment trial and began to restore his power as the Big Dog of GOP politics. By the end of 2021, two-thirds of rank-and-file Republicans professed to believe Biden was not legitimately elected, and many 2022 Republican candidates (particularly those seeking Trump’s endorsement) surged into the camp of true MAGA believers as well, some having to eat their own earlier words.