Trump, they concocted a version of events in which those accused of rioting were patriotic political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi was to blame for the violence. This past week, amid the emotional testimony of police officers at the first hearing of a House select committee, Republicans completed their journey through the looking-glass, spinning a new counternarrative of that deadly day. Trump during a second impeachment proceeding, the conservative fringes of the party had already begun to rewrite history, describing the Capitol riot as a peaceful protest and comparing the invading mob to a “normal tourist visit,” as one congressman put it. Some even discussed removing him from office.īy spring, however, after nearly 200 congressional Republicans had voted to clear Mr. Top Republicans vowed to make a full break from his divisive tactics and dishonesties. 6 attack on the Capitol, rattled Republican lawmakers knew exactly who was to blame: Donald J.
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