Opinion: A lawmaker spoke about 'White life' at a Trump rally. Things got worse from there

And it has shown how his non-stop election lies played a role in setting the stage for the January 6 attack, leading to threats of violence against a number of individuals, from fellow Republican officials to two Georgia election workers.

Maybe Miller was "honored" to be endorsed by Trump because the then-President was so deft at personally pressuring election officials to assist him in trying to overturn the 2020 election results -- even though he had been told repeatedly by his own aides that there was no evidence of election fraud.

Or perhaps the Illinois lawmaker was "honored" to be endorsed by a man who urged his own senior Justice Department officials in late December 2020 -- after they had debunked his election fraud lies -- to "just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the Republican congressmen."

As former Attorney General Eric Holder tweeted in response to the testimony, "This is the smoking gun.

As Freeman, known as "Lady Ruby," told the committee, "Do you know how it feels to have the President of the United States target you?"

It's disturbing that thousands of people showed up at Saturday's rally to cheer Trump, given the ample evidence of his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results.