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President Trump's loyalists are relying on conspiracy theories and drawing false equivalence with the summer's racial protests and blaming outside agitators for the Capitol riot.
How Republicans Are Warping Reality Around the Capitol Attack Loyalists to President Trump are increasingly relying on conspiracy theories and misinformation, drawing false equivalence with last summer’s racial protests and blaming outside agitators. Joe Pillizzi, a 67-year-old retired salesman in Kenosha, Wis., who supports President Trump, said he believed the summer’s looting and rioting had “put a seed” in the minds of the mob that attacked the Capitol.Credit...Lauren Justice for The New York Times Published Jan. 17, 2021Updated March 1, 2021 Immediately after the attack on the U....
President Trump's loyalists are relying on conspiracy theories and drawing false equivalence with the summer's racial protests and blaming outside agitators for the Capitol riot.
Washington girds for a pro-Trump rally, as local officials warn of possible violence. President Trump’s supporters gathered near the White House on Tuesday, the day before Congress was set to formalize President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Electoral College victory.Credit...Kenny Holston for The New York Times Jan. 6, 2021 Thousands of President Trump’s supporters are expected to gather in Washington on Wednesday to hear him rehash false claims of voter fraud in the November election, just as Congress begins formally counting the Electoral College vote. Local officials have urged reside...