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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen through a broken window at an entrance of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Alex Wong/Getty Images
Wednesday will go down as one of the darkest days in American history.
It was all egged on by a sitting president, who has been unable to accept losing his bid for reelection and who persuaded millions of his followers to buy into baseless, debunked and disproved conspiracy theories.
The result: A mob violently storming and occupying the U.S. Capitol for hours, while staffers and lawmakers were evacuated or hid in fear. The vice president was also rushed from the floor of the Senate and taken to a secure location after criticisms were tweeted from his boss.
Rabbis in DC and beyond rush to calm congregants on edge after a day of mob chaos at the Capitol January 6, 2021 11:41 pm A view of the crowds outside the U.S. Capitol for the Stop the Steal rally on Jan. 6, 2021 that led to violence. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)
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(JTA) Ruth Friedman could tell that Wednesday’s pro-Trump protests in Washington, D.C., might be volatile when she boarded a plane home to the nation’s capital from her grandmother’s funeral on Tuesday.
The flight was full of people in MAGA gear on their way to Washington to protest the results of the presidential election, as President Donald Trump had urged them. As the plane landed, she recalled, one man shouted “Who’s here to support President Trump?” Others cheered and chanted “USA! USA!”
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