This dark day in history

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia and then-representative-elect, wears a "Stop The Steal" mask outside the Capitol before a group photo in Washington on Jan. 4.Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg

From “This day in history” in the Nov. 9 Globe: “In 2016, Democrat Hillary Clinton conceded the presidential election to Republican Donald Trump, telling her supporters in New York that her defeat was ‘painful, and it will be for a long time.’ But Clinton told her faithful to accept Trump and the election results, urging them to give him ‘an open mind and a chance to lead.’ ”

Yet here we are, five years later, with the losing administration still pushing its “Stop the Steal” campaign a year after its actual defeat. How did our politics get so twisted and, more worrisome, where do we go from here?

Mary Ellen Reardon

Quincy