transpired was not simply an assault on democracy, it was an attack on multiracial america, the atlantic points out which is younger than most members of the senate. while many like to trace american democracy back to 1776, that s not exactly true. the real day democracy in america was born was august 6th, 1965. that s when president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act outlawing discrimination in our country s voting process. that s the democracy that trump and his supporters were after on january 6th. and that much is clear based to on this image. a trump supporter carrying the confederate battle flag through the halls of the capitol on january 6th. that s their version of america. now, january 6th bubbled many uncomfortable truths to the surface, but one might be the most frightening. that day forced us to re-examine what many in this country took
the america we had become within the past five decades what transpired was not simply an assault on democracy, it was an attack on multiracial america, the atlantic points out which is younger than most members of the senate. while many like to trace american democracy back to 1776, that s not exactly true. the real day democracy in america was born was august 6th, 1965. that s when president lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act outlawing discrimination in our country s voting process. that s the democracy that trump and his supporters were after on january 6th. and that much is clear based to on this image. a trump supporter carrying the confederate battle flag through the halls of the capitol on january 6th. that s their version of america. now, january 6th bubbled many uncomfortable truths to the surface, but one might be the most frightening.