Actual article link here: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/donald-trump-capitol-mob/index.html
R&I NV — By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 7:40 PM ET, Wed January 6, 2021
(CNN)Three years, 11 months and 17 days after President Donald Trump warned from the West Front of the US Capitol that “American carnage stops right here,” the very spot he stood was engulfed by his own protesters bringing carnage of their own.
It was a stunning scene Trump encouraged hours beforehand and refused to condemn afterward. It left one woman dead, sent members of Congress ducking for cover and forced evacuations after pipe bombs were discovered in nearby office buildings.
Coming 14 days before the end of his presidency, the unprecedented episode prompted renewed calls for Trump’s impeachment and fresh talk of the 25th Amendment that would remove him from office.
In many ways the spectacle was the natural culmination of a presidency built on disregard for democratic norms, antagonizing government institutions and willful ignorance of the far-right’s violent tendencies. The mob interrupted the very act that will certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory and formalize Trump’s loss.
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Carl Sagan