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How Trump's Cultivation of Violence Contributed to Jan. 6

The "Stop the Steal" rally was a pretext to allow armed individuals to gather near the Capitol

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Ruth Ben-Ghiat
Jul 12, 2022
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Political violence is the subject of today's hearing presented by the House Jan. 6 committee. As previewed by Rep. Zoe Lofgren and other committee members, the focus will be the links among extremist groups such as the Oath Keepers, former President Donald Trump, and GOP politicians and operatives like Roger Stone.

In continuing to think about how Jan. 6

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