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Far-Right Extremists Planned To Storm Capitol Hill For Weeks Online

In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, Trump supporters participate in a rally in Washington. Far-right social media users for weeks openly hinted in widely shared posts that chaos would erupt at the U.S. Capitol while Congress convened to certify the election results.

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Far-Right Extremists Planned To Storm Capitol Hill For Weeks Online

Many were surprised by violent mob of pro-Trump supporters that invaded Capitol Hill on Wednesday. But experts say the rioting was not random and part of a larger plan to advance white supremacy.

Reset discusses what led to the violence in Washington and what motivated some of the president’s supporters to take part.

GUESTS: Kathleen Belew, assistant professor of history at the University of Chicago; author of Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America

Sheera Frenkel, New York Times reporter on cybersecurity

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