January 6: Inside The Capitol Siege

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🗓️ 16 January 2021

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You may have seen fragments of footage from the siege on the Capitol. Now, hear from those who lived it.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody just a heads up. There's some language in this episode and descriptions of
0:04.5	violence that some listeners might find disturbing. And it might not be suitable for children.
0:10.9	Okay, here's the show.
0:14.3	Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers and this is embedded from NPR. When you look back at everything that has
0:21.2	happened in the last couple of months, it's clear that something was building.
0:26.0	The president making more baseless claims about the election being stolen from him. Today
0:32.2	thousands marched in the streets of Washington. November 14th, a week after the election was called
0:37.9	for Joe Biden. President Trump refused to concede and of course was saying the election was stolen.
0:45.4	So his supporters had this massive rally in Washington DC called Stop the Steel.
0:50.4	Today's event attracted men wearing the colors of the far right extremist group. Proud boys.
0:56.8	It was right after the election, but there were still legal challenges. So people were celebrating
1:03.1	and hopeful and declaring victory. This is Hannah Alam who reports on extremism for NPR. She covered
1:10.4	that rally and another one like it a month later in December. By that point dozens of legal
1:19.4	challenges to the election results had come and gone in the courts. They believe the election was
1:24.7	stolen. Believe their protests can stop it and Donald Trump can stay in the White House. Biden had
1:30.0	won, but that really hadn't sunk in in for the Maga crowd. They still were clinging to these ideas of
1:36.0	you know legal relief and interventions. And so there was more anger. Among the protesters today,
1:43.2	this group of proud boys, they say they're anticipating about 700 people here and the possibility of
1:51.1	clashes with other groups. That night in Washington DC, there were clashes. At least four people were
1:59.1	stabbed. Nine were taken to the hospital. And then came January 6th. I just again I want to thank
2:07.3	you. It's just a great honor to have this kind of crowd and to be before you. Two months after the
2:14.4	election, Trump still hasn't conceded. It's still claiming it was stolen. Another huge rally.
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