Jan. 6, 2022: Jan. 6 is about Donald Trump
For those who always despised him, feel betrayed by him, or fear his return to power, today is about remembering \u2014 never forgetting \u2014 Donald Trump's lowest point as president: the day he incited a mob to attack Congress while it affirmed Joe Biden's clear victory, the final desperate move in a plot to overthrow an American presidential election.\nFor those who love him, merely tolerate him, or crave his return to the White House, today is a media stunt: a contrived anniversary of an insignificant event boosted by Democrats and the press to punish Republicans and cynically advance Biden\u2019s legislative priorities.\xa0\nAmericans often have a shared understanding about big traumatic national events. That is not the case with Jan. 6, which is why the clich\xe9 about our politics feeling like a civil war has more and more resonance.\xa0\nSubscribe to POLITICO Playbook.\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Senior Producer of POLITICO Audio.