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The storming of the Capitol shows that the groundwork is in place for a far-right movement that outlasts Trump
‘Serious questions need to be asked about how an armed mob was able to “storm” the Capitol building in the first place.’ Photograph: Amy Harris/Rex/Shutterstock
‘Serious questions need to be asked about how an armed mob was able to “storm” the Capitol building in the first place.’ Photograph: Amy Harris/Rex/Shutterstock
Fri 8 Jan 2021 10.50 EST
Last modified on Fri 8 Jan 2021 13.30 EST
What was this desperado putsch supposed to achieve? The mob of face-painted LARPers, QAnon conspiracists, militiamen, neo-Nazis, Christian supremacists and endtimes preppers who invaded the Capitol building in Washington DC were never going to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.