In a new book, Lamar Alexander hopes to chart a post-Trump world for his party.
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander says he still believes in public service, even if it might seem naive. (John Amis/AP)
On Jan. 8, 2021, just after retiring from the Senate, Lamar Alexander returned to the U.S. Capitol for his COVID booster and surveyed the wreckage of an attempted coup two days prior.
Pieces of glasses and shattered windows by the Senate entrance. Broken benches, doors split open.
“What I saw turned my stomach,” Alexander wrote in his soon-to-be released memoir.
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