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Washington: Since the deadly January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, former president Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event that left five dead and scores of others wounded. His supporters appear to have listened.
Three months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the building to try to overturn his November election loss, about half of Republicans believe the siege was largely a non-violent protest or was the handiwork of left-wing activists âtrying to make Trump look badâ, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has found.
Six in 10 Republicans also believe the false claim put out by Trump that the November presidential election âwas stolenâ from him due to widespread voter fraud, and the same proportion of Republicans think he should run again in 2024, the poll showed.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event that left five dead and scores of others wounded. His supporters appear to have listened.
FILE PHOTO: Light catches the security fence around the U.S. Capitol, erected in the wake of the January 6th attack but now scheduled to start being removed, in Washington, U.S. March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
Three months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to try to overturn his November election loss, about half of Republicans believe the siege was largely a non-violent protest or was the handiwork of left-wing activists “trying to make Trump look bad,” a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has found.