Trump Calls to “Terminate” the Constitution, and Kyrsten Sinema’s Party Switch

Plus, our roundtable breaks down the results of the Georgia Senate runoff. 
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It’s been a busy week in national politics: Raphael Warnock triumphed over Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate runoff, Kyrsten Sinema left the Democratic caucus in the Senate, and the Democrats proposed a new calendar for the 2024 Presidential primaries. There are also the myriad investigations into Donald Trump, and criminal convictions of Trump Organization companies for tax fraud. The staff writers Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos gather for their weekly conversation, starting with Donald Trump’s recent call to “terminate” the Constitution so that he can be reinstated as President or have the 2020 election be “redone.”