Capitol riot: The violent death throes of the Trump presidency
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The Times
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🗓️ 8 January 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
They were scenes that shocked the world: hundreds of supporters of the outgoing president storming into the country's seat of power. On the day expected to be dominated by political shenanigans, it was the actions of the mob that took over. What now for the 'world's leading democracy'?
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With special reporting from the capital from Laura Pullman, New York correspondent for The Sunday Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | The world watched in horror. |
| 0:09.0 | Some called it a coup as protesters brandishing |
| 0:15.9 | weapons and Trump campaign signs stormed the Capitol. |
| 0:20.3 | What you're seeing is something we've never seen before in the United States of America, the capital under siege. |
| 0:26.0 | This is exactly what was feared, but in no way is this a surprise. |
| 0:31.0 | It has been fueled by the president's rhetoric and it's increasingly |
| 0:35.2 | clear this election has not healed the wounds. It has simply amplified them. |
| 0:40.9 | Government was paralyzed the house overrun by a violent mob draped in |
| 0:47.8 | Confederate flags but while his supporters thought they were seizing power for Donald Trump, |
| 0:54.4 | did they actually manage to hasten the end of his political influence? |
| 0:59.4 | It was always assumed before Wednesday's |
| 1:04.0 | that President Trump would remain a real force in the Republican Party but after |
| 1:06.5 | Wednesday's events that does seem rather less likely. |
| 1:11.6 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the |
| 1:14.4 | Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, the violent death throws of the |
| 1:20.5 | Trump presidency. |
| 1:32.0 | My name is Laura Pullman and I am the New York correspondent for the Sunday Times. I've arrived in Washington DC and it's a blue sky |
| 1:35.4 | day on Thursday and the sounds behind me are the sounds of construction workers |
| 1:40.8 | erecting metal fencing to protect the capital building. |
| 1:45.0 | A lot of people were leaving at the train station when I arrived. |
| 1:51.0 | Some were vowing to come back for Joe Biden's inauguration to show |
| 1:56.2 | their discontent. Others were saying that their work was done. |
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