Republicans are trying to rewrite the history of the Capitol attack. Don’t let them | Andrew Gawthorpe

By blocking a congressional investigation into what happened, the Republican party has proven itself beyond shame or dignity

Do you remember how, just a few short months ago, supporters of Donald Trump staged a violent insurrection? How they stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of last November's presidential election, looting and vandalizing the seat of American democracy? The fact that they carried firearms, explosives and handcuffs, some wanting to kill Vice-President Mike Pence, and others to run the House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, over with a car? And how the whole thing was incited by the former president, Donald Trump, who told the mob beforehand to fight like hell"?

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