America’s probe into the Capitol riot is needed, before it’s too late

The enemy of democracy is complacency


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  • 06 8, 2022
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of what happened on January 6th 2021 is well-known, if still shocking to recall. A mob in Washington, , in an effort to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election victory. Four people in the crowd died that day, and five police officers in its aftermath. Members of Congress had to be rushed to a secure location in a basement. Rioters erected a mock gallows and chanted “Hang Mike Pence”. And the man who inspired all this was the president himself, who had urged his followers to help overturn his election defeat. As the Republicans’ leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, told the Senate a few weeks later, Donald Trump was “practically and morally responsible” for these events: “The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”Your browser does not support the

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