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A Bad Day for Democracy

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A Mark Fiore cartoon featuring a Trump MAGA snake throttling the U.S. Capitol Building.

As members of Congress met to certify President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College win, extremist Trump supporters violently took over the U.S. Capitol Building.

Even while the mobs were still swarming the Capitol, President Trump released a video decrying the "stolen" election.

Sure, he half-heartedly urged peace, but even if Trump suddenly became a full-throated anti-violence advocate, he and his Republican allies are responsible for the hordes who attacked our democracy today.

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