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This is Our Body Politic.

I'm the creator and host, Farai Chidea.

On Wednesday, the day Congress was supposed to certify the Electoral College victory for President-elect Joe Biden,

I decided to go interview protesters near the White House.

Thousands of people had come from around the country

for a series of rallies to support President Trump's unfounded claims

that he had won the election.

Jay came from Massachusetts.

He's black and he's 26 years old.

I just feel from my personal perspective that the media has kind of portrayed him to be this disgusting, like, misogynistic, racist, bigot, you know, and I just don't see it.

You know what I mean?

I don't like to be taken advantage of in that way, and that's why I came out to support him just from that simple fact alone.

I saw peaceful protesters, but later that afternoon,

white nationalist and other Trump supporters invaded the Capitol buildings,

and a woman was shot dead.

The nation was left shaken,

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