Four years ago, heading into Election Day, the tension and foreboding that many people are feeling right now was slightly less formed and more uncertain. Trump had suggested that the election was going to be stolen from him, but we hadn’t yet seen armed Trump supporters surround the bland office buildings where votes would be tallied. Trump had declined to promise a peaceful transition of power, but the shape that would take on January 6, 2021, was not clear. The groups who backed Trump’s