'What Kind of Message Is That?': How Republicans See the Attack on the Capitol

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🗓️ 19 January 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Polling in the days since the storming of the Capitol paints a complex picture. While most Americans do not support the riot, a majority of Republicans do not believe that President Trump bears responsibility. And over 70 percent of them say they believe that there was widespread fraud in the election. Before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, we called Trump supporters to hear their views about what happened at the Capitol and to gauge the level of dissatisfaction the new president will inherit.

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0:00.0	How do you think most of the people listening to this podcast think of the events on January 6th?
0:06.0	For them, I think it's the most apportant behavior they've seen. It's pure violence. Trump has incited all his people to go completely crazy and try and take over the government.
0:19.0	And it's pure anarchy.
0:22.0	And is that how you see it?
0:25.0	You know.
0:30.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro. This is the Daily.
0:34.0	We will never give up. We will never concede. It doesn't happen. You don't concede when this theft can fall.
0:41.0	Stop the steal!
0:47.0	In the days since the storming of the Capitol.
0:50.0	This is wrong. It is absolutely wrong.
0:52.0	This is banana republic crap. US government officials have denounced the actions of those who participated.
0:58.0	This mob was not without a leader.
1:01.0	And Democrats.
1:03.0	On that day, the president told them to walk to this Capitol.
1:06.0	16 blocks from where he stood.
1:08.0	Let a vote to impeach the president for his role in inciting supporters to act on his behalf.
1:14.0	He is proven to be unfit and dangerous.
1:18.0	The ruling shows a complex portrait of the Republican party in the riots aftermath.
1:23.0	I'm not going to sit there and throw out blaming accusations towards our president.
1:28.0	While the overwhelming majority of Americans do not support the riot,
1:32.0	the majority of Republicans do not believe that the president bears responsibility for it.
1:39.0	Those who chose to act in unlawful manners should be held responsible.
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