Trump's MAGA Mob Attacks Capitol
Trump summoned his supporters to a D.C. rally with false promises of overturning the election. At Trump's direction, the mob marches on the Capitol to “stop the steal.” Led by organized white supremacist and radicalized extremists, the world watches in horror as the mob overwhelms the capitol police and ransacks Congress with chants of “Hang Mike Pence.”
‘Our President Wants Us Here’: The Mob That Stormed the Capitol, The New York Times | 01/09/21
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It had been the culmination of a sustained assault by the president and his enablers on fact-based reality, one that began long before the November election but took on a fevered urgency as the certainty of Mr. Trump’s defeat solidified. For years, he had demonized political opponents and the media and egged on thuggish behavior at his rallies.
Crowds of Trump supporters swarmed past barricades and breached the Capitol Building on Wednesday. Credit Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg