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Pushed to the edge by the Capitol riot, people are reporting their family and friends to the FBI
Hannah Knowles and Paulina Villegas, The Washington Post
Jan. 16, 2021
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Tear gas is fired at a pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.photo for The Washington Post by Evelyn Hockstein.
WASHSINGTON - When a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, Leslie hoped that this would be her Trump-supporting parents wake-up call. She hoped they were watching, maybe feeling ashamed.
Then, a friend called. Do you know already? the friend said, and Leslie wondered briefly if someone had died.
The politically liberal 35-year-old cried about the screenshots from her mother s Facebook page, posts defending the pro-Trump crowds and suggesting that Leslie s mom made it at least to the Capitol s steps. Then she reported her mom to the FBI - because "actions," she said, "should have consequences."
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