Rewriting January 6: Republicans push false and misleading accounts of Capitol riot
Mike DeBonis and Jeremy Barr, The Washington Post
March 1, 2021
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Tear gas is fired at supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein
WASHINGTON - Instead of an attempt to overturn the election by radicalized Donald Trump supporters, it was a choreographed attack staged by antifa provocateurs. Rather than an armed insurrection, it was a good-natured protest spoiled by a few troublemakers.
And instead of a deadly event that put the lives of hundreds of lawmakers, police officers and others at risk, the riot was no big deal at all.