Two seemingly contradictory facts can be true at the same time. Trump’s coordinated attempt to overturn the results of the election was both extraordinarily dangerous and extraordinarily dumb. The fact that this unmitigated clown show nearly succeeded in their stated goal to overturn a free and fair election shows just how weak and dependent upon norms rather than rules our democracy really is. Trump and his flotilla of store brand constitutional lawyers nearly pulled it off. Buoyed by the weekend white nationalists in the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys (I can’t believe they actually call themsel…