January 6 Capitol Riot Anniversary

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Jan 05, 2022

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The Facts

Many leaders are commenting on the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 2021 riots, where Trump supporters overran the U.S. Capitol.

The Spin

Left narrative

It was a failed attempt to overthrow our democracy, built on lies that persist and multiply.

CNN

Right narrative

Democrats are abusing Jan. 6 to cast Republicans as a threat to democracy.

FOX News

Political split

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RIGHT

Capitol rioter compares attacks on her to treatment of ‘Jews in Germany’

NBC

Merrick Garland Issues Dire Warning About Voting Rights on Eve of January 6

Mother Jones

Prosecutors Move Quickly on Jan. 6 Cases, but Big Questions Remain

New York Times

AG Garland: ‘No Higher Priority’ than Prosecuting January 6 Rioters

Breitbart

AG Merrick Garland says Justice Department has 'no higher priority' than investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot

FOX News

Capitol riot: What happened to the DC pipe bomber?

Independent

Watch live as Biden supporters hold candlelight vigil on Jan 6 anniversary

Independent

‘Democracy Wins’: GETTR Comms Director Celebrated Biden Victory on Jan 6

InfoWars

Capitol attack: Biden to stress Trump’s ‘singular responsibility’ on anniversary

Guardian

Pelosi: Jan. 6 Like Somebody in WH 'Dropped a Bomb' on Congress

Breitbart

Trump's Rabid Response to Biden's January 6th Speech is Just as Deranged as You'd Expect

Daily Kos

PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN---DAY351---JANUARY 6-The DAY-a YEAR later---Evening Shade-Thursday

Daily Kos

5 Takeaways From Biden, Harris Remarks on One-Year Anniversary of Capitol Riot

Newsweek

The hollowness of Biden’s January 6 speech

Vox

Facing down Jan. 6 anniversary, U.S. Capitol Police chief offers rosy assessment on security

Daily Kos

White House goads Trump over Biden speech: ‘Maybe he learnt something’

Independent

Republicans tear into Democrat plans to hold prime-time January 6 hearings, say it'll be 'rehearsed'

Daily Mail

FBI still hunting Jan. 6 suspects, pipe bomber a year later

FOX News

Trump Continues to Incite the Violent Extremist Movement of January 6

Mother Jones

Merrick Garland vows to pursue all those responsible for 6 January attack

Guardian

Jen Psaki: Biden Will Address Trump’s 'Singular Responsibility' for the 'Chaos and Carnage' on Jan 6

Daily Kos

Trump canceled his January 6 speech — but luckily we know what he’s planning anyway

Independent

Trump ally Sebastian Gorka sues Jan. 6 committee to block subpoena for his cell phone records

CNN

Overnight News Digest: Biden to hold ‘singular responsibility’ of insurrection on Trump

Daily Kos

Clinton Lawyer Threatens Lawsuits to Disqualify House Republicans For “Insurrection” Ahead of Midterms

InfoWars

FBI is STILL hunting for 350 Capitol rioters one year later, including person who planted explosives

Daily Mail

Memorializing anger and ignorance

Washington Post

AG Garland's Remarks About Jan. 6 and 'One Rule' of Law Defy Belief

Red State

Biden condemns Trump’s ‘web of lies’ a year on from deadly Capitol assault

Guardian

'A dangerous fascist': Critics blast Josh Hawley on the anniversary of his Fox News insurrection threat

AlterNet

'Hang Mike Pence' was the logical last step for Trump's pressure campaign: analysis

Raw Story

DeSantis Calls January 6 Commemoration a 'Politicized Charlie Foxtrot'

Breitbart

Trump’s false claims debunked: The 2020 election and 6 January riot

Independent

Commentary: Reflections on January 6, 2021

Townhall

Trump Hotel charged $8,000 for cheapest room one year ago on Jan. 6 — today it is $446: report

Raw Story

Here’s the Video of the Hamilton Song at the Insurrection Anniversary Event

Mother Jones

Biden set to deliver remarks on first Capitol insurrection anniversary

CNN

How democracy gets eroded – lessons from a Nixon expert

The Conversation

Psaki goads Trump over Biden speech: ‘Maybe he learned something’

Independent

Live Updates: Washington Marks Anniversary of Jan. 6 Attack on Capitol

New York Times

NBC’s Todd: If You Think Biden’s Speech Was Partisan, Then You Believe Trump’s ‘Lies’

Breitbart

Trump calls for ‘MAGA nation to rise up’ on eve of 6 Jan anniversary

Independent

Biden Will Call On Nation To Reject Political Violence In Jan. 6 Speech

Daily Caller

Karl Rove rips fellow Republicans for whitewashing Capitol riot

Independent

Liz Cheney confirms she told Jim Jordan ‘you f****** did this’ during Capitol attack

Independent

Do Better Washington Post

Daily Kos

Republican Rifts on Full Display as GOP Lawmakers Respond to One-Year Jan. 6 Anniversary

Newsweek

Watch live as US Congress members share experiences from Jan 6 attack

Independent

At the Capitol on Jan. 6, a Day of Remembrance and Division

New York Times

Trump Marks Jan 6th by Repeating the Big Lie Used to Incite Insurrection, Keep the Coup Going

Daily Kos

How Donald Trump Turned Jan. 6 into a Windfall

Time

Joe Biden blames Donald Trump’s ‘web of lies’ for US Capitol attack – video

Guardian

Rep. Andy Biggs Blasts Democrats’ ‘Misleading’ Jan. 6 Narrative

Breitbart

January 6: A year on, a return to normalcy at US Capitol

Al Jazeera

Kamala Harris recalls attack by ‘extremists’ on anniversary of 6 Jan riot

Independent

Lindsey Graham Blasts Biden, Harris For January 6 Speeches: ‘Brazen Politicization’

Daily Wire

Jan 6. Capitol riot: Live updates from the 1-year anniversary

NBC

6 Anniv: 'I Will Allow No One to Place a Dagger at the Throat of Our Democracy': 'BradCast' 1

Daily Kos

Jan 6. anniversary: Republican politicians aren't the real threat to American Democracy

Slate

Biden to focus on Trump, forgo major voting rights push in Jan. 6 speech

NBC

Biden to criticize Trump, warn of threats to democracy on Jan. 6 anniversary

NBC

Trump cancels January 6 press conference

CBS

Peter Navarro Says He'd Prove Donald Trump's Innocence Over Jan. 6 If Criminally Referred

Newsweek

Tucker Carlson slams Ted Cruz for branding Captiol riot a 'violent terrorist attack'

Daily Mail

Democrats explore barring Trump from holding office over Jan. 6 riot

New York Post

Election officials rebut claims in Republican-led Arizona review of Trump's 2020 loss

NBC

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Attacks Republican ‘Opponents of Democracy’

Breitbart

What happened to Ted Cruz?

American Thinker

America's democratic guardrails have been bent, but they haven't broken – yet

NBC

What happened on Jan. 6 could easily and absolutely happen again. Here's what we can do to stop it

Daily Kos

Rep. Ruben Gallego was pitch-perfect in his condemnation of AG Merrick Garland

MSNBC

Donald Trump: Biden 'Used My Name Today to Try to Further Divide America'

Breitbart

AP FACT CHECK: Trump sticks to election falsehoods on Jan. 6

Independent

Democrats Hoping They Can Use Jan. 6 to Prevent Trump from Holding Office

InfoWars

Jan 6 committee reveals Sean Hannity’s texts to Mark Meadows surrounding Capitol riot

Independent

Capitol riot committee releases Sean Hannity texts to Mark Meadows and asks him for cooperation

Daily Mail

What Sean Hannity Text Messages Reveal About Jan 6 Communication With Trump Officials

Newsweek

Capitol probe seeks to question Fox host Hannity over Trump texts

Al Jazeera

Joy Reid to Merrick Garland: Nothing ideological about today's threats to our democracy? Really?

MSNBC

More neutral political stance articles

AG Merrick Garland delivers remarks ahead of 'solemn' anniversary of the Capitol riot and vows the DOJ has 'no higher priority' than holding those involved 'accountable'

Business Insider

More than half of Americans believe an attack similar to the Capitol riots will happen again soon: Axios poll

Business Insider

Sean Hannity texted Mark Meadows the day before the Capitol riot saying he was 'very worried about the next 48 hours'

Business Insider

Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will meet with the January 6 committee: report

Business Insider

A timeline of Sean Hannity's panicked texts to Trump's inner circle reveals how 'worried' he was about the January 6 rally and Capitol riot

Business Insider

Trump turns on Hannity over Capitol-riot texts advising him to stop claiming the election was stolen

Business Insider

A former Proud Boy charged in the Capitol riot said he doesn't 'feel like I did anything wrong'

Business Insider

Trump calls on supporters to 'rise up' against vaccine mandates on the eve of January 6

Business Insider

Biden is expected to highlight Trump's 'singular responsibility' for the Capitol attack in his January 6 address, White House says

Business Insider

Merrick Garland's speech on the eve of the January 6 riot anniversary was the perfect response to critics who want faster action against Trumpworld, legal experts said

Business Insider

Jailed Capitol riot defendant blasts Trump for canceling his Jan. 6 press conference, saying he abandoned his supporters

Business Insider

The January 6 committee has subpoenaed My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell's phone records. Lindell called the move 'election deflection' and 'a big charade.'

Business Insider

FBI Still Hunting Jan. 6 Suspects, Pipe Bomber a Year Later

Snopes

Days before the Capitol attack, Sean Hannity tried to persuade Trump to abandon his January 6 strategy and accept defeat, texts show

Business Insider

Lindsey Graham is taking credit for convincing Trump to cancel his January 6 press conference: report

Business Insider

Trump just canceled his January 6 press conference. Legal experts said it would have been 'boneheaded' to hold the Mar-a-Lago event.

Business Insider

Trump cancels press conference that he had scheduled for the one-year anniversary of the Capitol insurrection

Business Insider

How a pro-Trump mob armed with sticks and metal pipes forced their way through police barriers to storm the US Capitol

Business Insider

Trump was talked out of his Jan. 6 speech as he didn't really know what to say and planned to berate the media, report says

Business Insider

Obama says 'democracy is at a greater risk' on January 6 anniversary

Business Insider

Rep. Matt Gaetz says he's 'proud' of the work Republicans did on January 6 and calls pro-Trump rioters 'patriotic Americans'

Business Insider

Mitch McConnell slams Democrats for trying to 'exploit' the January 6 anniversary to 'advance partisan policy goals'

Business Insider

Liz and Dick Cheney were reportedly the only Republicans in the House chamber to observe a moment of silence for January 6

Business Insider

Tucker Carlson lashes out at Sen. Ted Cruz for calling January 6 'a violent terrorist attack'

Business Insider

What Republican presidential hopefuls are saying about the January 6 anniversary

Business Insider

Trump cancelled his Jan 6 speech because he was concerned he'd get bad TV ratings, a CNN analyst said

Business Insider

Trump claims Biden 'used my name' to 'divide America' in Capitol riot anniversary speech where Biden didn't mention Trump's name once

Business Insider

Biden rejects the notion that his January 6 anniversary speech, in which he sharply rebuked Trump, was divisive

Business Insider

Biden says January 6 'can never happen again' and calls Trump a 'defeated former president' in anniversary remarks at the Capitol

Business Insider

Polls show Trump and the GOP's efforts to downplay the January 6 Capitol riot are working

Business Insider

Kamala Harris compares January 6 to Pearl Harbor and 9/11 in anniversary speech at the Capitol

Business Insider

Sen. Lindsey Graham accuses Biden of politicizing a violent insurrection intended to overturn the 2020 election

Business Insider

DeSantis accuses press of trying to 'milk' January 6 attack on the Capitol: 'This is their Christmas'

Business Insider

Biden didn't mention Trump's name once in a speech condemning the 'defeated former president' on the anniversary of the Capitol riot

Business Insider

Biden slams 'defeated President' Trump for saying November 3 was the 'real' insurrection: 'Can you think of a more twisted way to look at this country?'

Business Insider

Where Congress Stands on the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack — and Its Consequences

Snopes

1 Year Later: Here's What's Happening with Key Jan. 6 Capitol Rioters

Snopes

Why Many Americans Might Be Increasingly Accepting Of Political Violence

FiveThirtyEight

How Jan. 6 Enabled Greater Interference In Our Elections

FiveThirtyEight

Rep. Adam Kinzinger says being a member of Congress doesn't 'protect you from the DOJ'

Business Insider

A Capitol Hill staffer says they're always on the lookout for everyday office items that can be used to defend themselves in case of another January 6

Business Insider

Rep. Liz Cheney confirms she snapped 'get away from me' at Rep. Jim Jordan as the House chamber was being evacuated on January 6

Business Insider

Newt Gingrich blames Nancy Pelosi for the Capitol riot, saying she should have secured the building before the Trump supporters stormed it

Business Insider

Parts of Trump's base are turning on him, fueled by discontent with stances on vaccines and the Capitol riot

Business Insider

Kevin McCarthy 'didn't engage with any of his staff' about how to respond following January 6, according to a former aide

Business Insider

Merrick Garland vows to keep following leads to hold Jan. 6 rioters accountable

NPR Online News

Democracy can survive if House committee investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riots does its job

USA Today

A year after Jan. 6, FBI still hunting for pipe bomber and other insurrection suspects

PBS NewsHour

A former president in the crosshairs: Jan 6 committee puts Trump on notice as U.S. marks riot anniversary

USA Today

Ex-White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham will testify to Jan. 6 committee

USA Today

WATCH LIVE: AG Garland remarks on efforts to prosecute alleged participants of Jan. 6 Capitol riot

PBS NewsHour

A year after the Jan. 6 attack, Congress is plagued by a toxic atmosphere

NPR Online News

Marking Jan. 6, another winter storm, Arbery killers sentenced: 5 things to know Thursday

USA Today

Where the investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection stands, one year later

NPR Online News

Garland: Jan. 6 Investigation Is Top DOJ Priority—Even After 5,000 Warrants And Subpoenas

Forbes

OnPolitics: Lawmakers reflect on Jan. 6 one year later

USA Today

Democratic leader Hoyer recalls Jan. 6 phone call with 'terrified' staff as mob ransacked the Capitol

USA Today

Trump Calls Off Press Conference On Capitol Attack Anniversary

Forbes

Jan. 6 panel requests interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity

PBS NewsHour

DHS chief says domestic extremist threat 'very grave,' but no specific intel for Jan. 6 anniversary

USA Today

House Jan. 6 committee seeks to question Fox News' Sean Hannity about the Capitol riot

NPR Online News

A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when

NPR Online News

Death threats, primary challenge followed Rep. Meijer’s vote to impeach Trump after Jan. 6

PBS NewsHour

Trump cancels Florida press conference scheduled on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot

PBS NewsHour

Jan 6 panel seeks Sean Hannity's voluntary assistance in Capitol inquiry; House committee calls Fox News host 'fact witness'

USA Today

WATCH LIVE: Senators mark Jan. 6 attack anniversary

PBS NewsHour

Photos: A look back on the Jan. 6 insurrection

NPR Online News

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January 6 Capitol Riot Anniversary

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