Republican Senator Ben Sasse, for all his myriad flaws, openly said last week that he would not support the attempted coup by his fellow party members to overturn the election results just because Donald Trump lost. Sasse called it a “dangerous ploy” and admitted there’s no evidence justifying the right-wing conspiracy theories.

It’s a low bar. Republicans shouldn’t be praised for doing the bare minimum. But I guess saying votes should be counted in a democracy passes for bravery among the GOP these days, so there you go. It’s something.