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The most dangerous thing that happened Wednesday occurred after the mob dispersed.
January 13, 2021
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January 6, 2021, will surely live in infamy the day the United States Capitol was stormed by a mob, forcing legislators to evacuate in a rush and leaving five dead, including a police officer.
The most dangerous part of that day for the country as a whole, however, was not what happened when the insurrectionists fought their way into the Capitol in the afternoon, but what happened just a few hours later on the floor. After all that mayhem, the legislators were escorted back to the chamber under heavily armed escort, and a stunning 139 representatives 66 percent of the House GOP caucus along with eight GOP senators, promptly voted to overturn the election, just as the mob and the president had demanded.
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