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Opinion: Trump’s infamy will never fade – CNN

By Thomas A. Smith

(CNN)The disgusting events Wednesday at the Capitol will, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said, live in infamy. For the first time since the British sacked Washington in 1814, the Capitol was overrun. This time it was not by an invading foreign power. Instead, it was an unhinged right-wing mob of our fellow Americans, jacked up on lies force-fed to them by Donald Trump and his enablers in the conservative media-political establishment.

Paul Begala

Paul Begala

They breached security, cursed and punched Capitol police officers, smashed windows and strode around on the floor of the Senate and the House like Vandals sacking Rome. A woman was shot and killed. Multiple police officers were injured. A scaffold with a noose appeared. Pipe bombs were found at the headquarters of the Republican National Committee and the Democratic National Committee. A cache of Molotov cocktails was discovered.

via www.cnn.com