A year later, the Southern Poverty Law Center takes a comprehensive look into the moments that led up to the attack.
 
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RED FLAGS WERE EVERYWHERE
LEADING UP TO INSURRECTION
In this special episode of Sounds Like Hate Season 4, we travel back to the months leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, to track white supremacists as they plan, prepare and execute their violent plot to attack the U.S. Capitol and overturn an election. Listen to the podcast now as we examine the events that should have been red flags in 2020 as the hate and extremism movement reached a boiling point in the lead up to Jan. 6, 2021.
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TIMELINE
A YEAR OF EXTREMIST MOBILIZATION
THE ROAD TO JAN. 6
On Jan. 6, a right-wing mob stormed the U.S. Capitol at President Trump’s urging in an attempt to prevent the certification of presidential election results. But the attack didn’t come from nowhere. It was the culmination of a year of increasingly radical activity by a slew of extremists around the country. They mobilized against racial justice protests, COVID-19 prevention measures, and voting rights for all Americans, and were goaded on by the president and politicians on the right.
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ESSAY
THE HARD RIGHT
DIGS IN
ONE YEAR AFTER JAN. 6
One year after Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, the hard right, anti-democracy faction of the Republican base that led the attack threatens to overtake the party for the long term. This hard-right faction, loyal to Trump, minimizes, or supports, the violent storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6. They have worked to systemically undermine America’s democracy in the months following the attack by installing into positions of power loyal proponents of Trump’s Big Lie and by passing a flurry of voter suppression bills.
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