
Capitol where the election will be certified. Trump will speak here at the Ellipse, a large park near the White House and a half-hour walk to the U.S. 6, and thousands are filling the National Mall in Washington. We need to go - I’ll say it.” “All right.” “We need to go in to the Capitol.” “Let’s go!” It’s the morning of Jan. “In fact, tomorrow, I don’t even like to say it because I’ll be arrested.” “Well, let’s not say it. And how for some, storming the Capitol was part of the plan, all along. We’ll show how the delay to secure Congress likely cost a rioter her life. We’ll show, for the first time, the many simultaneous points of attack, and the eight breaches of what appeared to be an impenetrable institution of government. We’ll track key instigators in the mob taking advantage of weaknesses in the Capitol’s defenses to ignite a wave of violence that engulfed the building. We’ll chart how police leaders failed to heed warnings of an impending attack, putting rank-and-file officers in danger. Our reconstruction shows the Capitol riot for what it was, a violent assault encouraged by the president on a seat of democracy that he vowed to protect. We obtained internal police radio traffic … … and went to court to unseal police body-cam footage. As part of a six-month investigation, The New York Times has collected and forensically analyzed thousands of videos, most filmed by the rioters themselves.
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“If you didn’t know the TV footage was a video from January the 6th, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.” A tourist visit this was not. By and large, it was peaceful protest.” One lawmaker, who helped barricade the House doors, now suggests there was barely any threat. “Even calling it an insurrection, It wasn’t. Right from the start, it was zero threat.” And spreading throughout the Republican Party. Then, there began a campaign to whitewash history, starting at the top. “Take it now!” “Treason! Treason!” Death. And who goes running off like a chicken.” “We bleed freedom.” “This will be their Waterloo.” “And we will sacrifice for freedom.” “This will be their destruction.” “U.S.A.! U.S.A.!” What happened next was chaos. “All hell is going to break loose tomorrow.” “Everyone’s going to remember who actually stands in the breach and fights tomorrow. “Let’s call out cheating when we find it.” Some of whom stoked calls for violence. “President Trump won this election.” “They were flipping votes.” “Steal the election in Philadelphia.” “When you win in a landslide and they -” “Steal the election in Atlanta -” “And it’s rigged -” “Steal the election in Milwaukee -” “It’s not acceptable.” “This is outrageous.” A lie spread by the president and his closest allies. “This election was a fraud.” A lie that had grown more frenzied after the election. There was talk of bringing weapons and ammunition, and discussion over which lawmakers should be targeted first. Maps were shared of the building’s layout. March on Congress directly after Trump’s speech.” In the weeks beforehand, there were over a million mentions on social media of storming the Capitol. For some, it was just a rally for their president. 6 … “The House comes to order.” … when Congress would count electoral ballots and ratify the 2020 election results. Capitol building dead in front of us.” Their day of action would be Jan. “Stop the steal! Stop the steal!” “We’re here, patriots. The American dream, against fake news.” … to protest an election they believed had been stolen. It’s really rallying for our way of life. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” They came from all 50 states out of some sense of patriotic duty … “It’s so much more than just rallying for President Trump. 6 Capitol riot, providing the most complete picture to date of what happened - and why. Capitol A six-month Times investigation has synchronized and mapped out thousands of videos and police radio communications from the Jan. Transcript Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S.
