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Carnegie Mellon University officials on Tuesday issued a harsh statement condemning speech that may have incited last week’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, as debate over comments by some of its leading scholars raised eyebrows in academic circles across the country.
In a letter issued to the university community, a long list of administrators and deans joined CMU President Farnam Jahanian and Provost James Garrett in expressing horror at the deadly attack that left a Capitol Police officer and four rioters, including one who was shot, dead as an angry mob stormed through Washington, seeking to halt the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
Historians: Capitol Hill breach damaged US politics
Mob invasion resulted in five deaths and dozens of arrests of protesters and trespassers
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Security fences are set up on the National Mall with the US Capitol in the background in Washington, DC, on Jan. 9. (Photo: AFP)
There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America.
There is, of course, the War of 1812 when British troops burned the White House and attacked the capitol building, but that isn t an equal comparison for Michael Kimmage, a professor of history who served on the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning staff as a Franklin Fellow from 2014 to 2016.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen behind heavy-duty security fencing Jan. 7, 2021, one day after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill. (CNS photo/Reuters/Erin Scott)
West Palm Beach, Fla. There is no example in American history of a U.S. president inciting violence against American institutions or fellow citizens in the manner that President Donald Trump seemingly did on Jan. 6 when an angry mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to a historian at The Catholic University of America.
There is, of course, the War of 1812 when British troops burned the White House and attacked the capitol building, but that isn t an equal comparison for Michael Kimmage, a professor of history who served on the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning staff as a Franklin Fellow from 2014 to 2016.