CNN's John Avlon on Thursday dramatically laid out the stakes of President Donald Trump's campaign to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

During his "Reality Check" segment, Avlon explained why Trump's attempts to overturn an election that he lost are fundamentally undemocratic.

Republican lawmakers are privately coming to terms with President Donald Trump's election loss, according to an Associated Press reporter, but they're afraid to speak publicly in fear of what actions he might take in spite.

The president continues to challenge his election loss, but White House correspondent Jonathan Lemire told MSNBC's "Morning Joe" that Republicans are too afraid to admit it to the public.

"What we have seen is a growing examples in recents days of Republicans privately coming to terms with the election," Lemire said. "No better example than when now Vice President-elect [Kamla] Harris who returned to the Senate floor for a vote, a number of Republican senators, some wearing masks, whispered congratulations. Lindsey Graham, who is one of Trump's most vocal supporters, offered her a fist bump and offered her congratulations on the new post. Mark Meadows, there was discussion of what could be done in time two months of the Trump term, and we have had Republican senators now being more willing to cast doubt on the chances of these legal challenges, far-fetched legal challenges being mounted by Rudy Giuliani and others, but privately they're not willing to go there."