In the aftermath of the attack at the Capitol many Americans continue to be distrustful of the election results despite it being free and fair, raising the question of where the U.S. goes from here as a country. Anne Applebaum, a staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Yamiche Alcindor to discuss.
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Yamiche Alcindor:
Now we take a deeper look at where we, as a country, go in the aftermath of the Capitol attack, And we look at where Americans go who are still distrustful of the 2020 election, despite it being free and fair.
For that, I m joined by Anne Applebaum. She s a staff writer at The Atlantic.
Judy Woodruff:
Following Wednesday s events, I talked to my NewsHour colleagues Lisa Desjardins, Amna Nawaz and Yamiche Alcindor about their experience reporting on the protests and storming of the Capitol.
Judy Woodruff:
We don t get many opportunities to have a conversation like this one, but what a week it has been. I wanted to hear from each one of you about what it was like as we experienced this day that is going to be in the history books. And Lisa, let s start with you. You were inside the Capitol covering what was supposed to be a relatively routine, although this was going to be a little different, set of procedures for counting the electoral votes, but that s not the way it turned out.
D.C. mayor calls in National Guard for protests as Congress is expected to affirm Biden victoryPolitics Updated on Jan 4, 2021 6:17 PM EDT Published on Jan 4, 2021 3:05 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) Bracing for possible violence, the nation’s capital has mobilized the National Guard ahead of planned protests by President Donald Trump’s supporters in connection with the congressional vote expected Wednesday to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory.
Trump’s supporters are planning to rally Tuesday and Wednesday, seeking to bolster the president’s unproven claims of widespread voter fraud. “There are people intent on coming to our city armed,” D.C. Acting Police Chief Robert Contee said Monday.
Georgia’s largest county is stopping ballot processing and tabulation for the day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in Washington.
Trump claims Pence can decertify the election results, then send them back to the states. In fact, neither the Constitution nor congressional statute grants the vice president any such powers.