arrow Pro-Trump protesters seen on and around Capitol building. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election on January 6,2020 Lev Radin/Pacific Press/Shutterstock
Two weeks after armed insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol, a picture is emerging about the extremist ideologies that motivated the attackers charged with federal crimes, including nearly two dozen from New York and New Jersey.
While this may be a blue part of the country, the indictments show that the cornucopia of the far-right is present here. They are MAGA in miniature a coalition of adherents of a variety of extremist ideologies, often radicalized online, and always aligned in support of former President Donald Trump. They don’t fit any caricature of the far-right: Those arrested included city employees and an art student; people of varying incomes, religions, and neighborhoods.
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Social media sleuths, news accounts and court cases are revealing the identities of those who swarmed the U.S. Capitol. Here are some of their stories.