1/18/2021

2020 ELECTION/CIVIL UNREST: “Chilling video captured by a New Yorker reporter circulating online shows a complicated mix of preparation and spontaneous violence during a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6…

The insurrection was triggered by supporters of President Donald Trump who believe his claim that he won the election. Trump spoke at a rally earlier in the day and encouraged followers to flock to the Capitol…

In the footage, the crowd is seen pushing past police officers, some of them in riot gear, and entering the Capitol through a shattered window… ‘You’re outnumbered,’ one man said. ‘We are listening to Trump – your boss.'”

-N’dea Yancey-Bragg, “‘We are listening to Trump’: New Yorker reporter’s video shows disorganized but destructive US Capitol rioters,” usatoday.com, Jan. 18, 2021