It's January 6th, and Congress met today at 1 p.m. to certify Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election.

Four years ago, you may recall Congress was meant to do the same, but the certification was delayed when thousands of Trump supporters marched on the Capitol.

The president-elect has said repeatedly, and he told NBC again last month, that he's

going to pardon at least some of the insurrectionists. Those people have suffered long and hard,

and there may be some exceptions to it. I have to look. But, you know, if somebody was radical,

crazy, there might be some people from Antifa there. I don't know, you know, if somebody was radical, crazy, there might be some people from Antifa there?

I don't know, you know, because those people seemed to be in good shape.

Whatever happened to scaffold, man?

You had to be there.

Antifa was actually not there four years ago, but members of several extremist groups were at the Capitol on Jan 6th.

And today on Explained, we're going to ask whither American extremism on the eve

of a second Trump administration.

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