Democracy Under Siege

Reveal

The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX

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4.7 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. How did we get here? We examine President Donald Trump’s rhetoric over the last four years, as he stoked conspiracy theories, coddled White supremacists and laid the groundwork for inciting violence.

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0:00.0	From the Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, this is Reveal.
0:06.6	I'm Al Edson.
0:09.4	Last Wednesday's attack on the Capitol didn't just happen.
0:13.4	It was a part of a long-running campaign to overthrow the election results.
0:18.0	I've got a question for you.
0:19.4	Is there any person here that actually thinks that Joe Biden won this election?
0:27.8	The president, his family and allies had been waging the campaign for weeks.
0:33.1	And the morning of the attack, the president himself riled up supporters with an incendiary
0:38.4	message.
0:39.4	I've been into elections.
0:40.4	I won them both and the second one.
0:42.4	I won much bigger than the first, okay?
0:46.1	The rally in front of the White House turned into a march.
0:49.2	We're going to walk down and I'll be there with you.
0:52.6	The march turned into an insurrection.
1:07.3	When Trump supporters got in, they paraded a Confederate flag through the U.S. Capitol
1:12.5	Building, members of Congress were forced to flee.
1:16.2	The vote to certify the presidential election was put on hold.
1:30.2	This is what the president told his supporters afterwards.
1:33.6	So go home.
1:35.1	We love you.
1:36.1	You're very special.
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