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A fifth of Americans approve of the Jan 6 Capitol takeover

The proportion is more than double that of two years ago

Just as America marks its two-year Jan 6 anniversary (and as Brazil makes sense of its own imitation on Jan 8th), a new poll has found that 20% of Americans now approve of the Capitol takeover. This marks an 11% increase from two years ago, when just 9% said they strongly or somewhat approved of the takeover.

That 20% of Americans — equivalent to one-fifth of the country — show some degree of approval for the Jan 6 takeover is an increase of last year’s finding (14%) and the year of the event, when it was only 9% approval.

With each new revelation of FBI, White House, Covid, Media and Twitter misdeeds who can blame them?

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