Far-Right Extremists Planned To Storm Capitol Hill For Weeks Online
Pro-Trump extremists have been organizing on social media and online platforms for months as the “stop the steal” movement gained traction.
By Stephanie Kim
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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