What insurrection? The appalling U.S. Capitol riot may have only added to Trump’s momentum

The almost universal reaction a year ago—that Donald Trump had finally gone too far in inciting an attempt to overthrow the election result in the heart of U.S. democracy—turned out to be fleeting.
U.S. President Joe Biden is hemmed in by the scorched-earth mentality of Senate Republicans and Trump’s ongoing rage circus, writes Les Whittington.
OTTAWA—A year later, it’s clear that the Jan. 6 insurrection by Donald Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol wasn’t so much an aberration as a symptom. The almost universal reaction—that Trump had finally gone too far in inciting an attempt to overthrow the election result in the heart of U....

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