What began as a protest against the results of the 2020 presidential election transformed into a violent attack on one of the most revered buildings in America.
As they prepare for protests beginning this Sunday, disillusioned Donald Trump supporters will be drawn into even more extreme rightwing groups and could once again bring violence to rallies scheduled around Joe Biden’s inauguration, experts warn. The move is likely to be exacerbated by the shuttering of rightwing social media website Parler and the closure of prominent conservative and rightwing accounts on Twitter – including that of Trump.
President Trump on Tuesday said his remarks to supporters just before they stormed the U.S. Capitol last week were "totally appropriate," even as they have become the basis for an article of impeachment against him."They've analyzed my speech and my words and my final paragraph, my final sentence, and everybody, to the T, thought it was totally appropriate," Trump told reporters as he departed Joint Base Andrews to visit the border with.
Frida Ghitis writes that it's imperative that Americans find out what exactly happened at the US Capitol on January 6 and as the FBI receives information about planned armed protests at 50 state capitols what may still be unfolding. "We need to know if the attack on the citadel of American democracy was the result of overflowing emotion, or if it was something more sinister."