Question

Capitol Events January 6th

Warm up questions:
1. What events took place on Wednesday at the Capitol building?
2. Who was involved in the insurrection? Who was affected as a result of
the safety breach?
3. Why did Trump supporters seek to forcefully disrupt the counting of the
electoral votes?
4. When and where did the insurrection take place?
5. How have politicians reacted to the breach and President Trump's initial
encouragement of the attack?

Answer 1

1. Trump protestors stormed the capitol in an effort to overthrow the election results.

2. Trump supporters

3. They believed if they could stop the counting, then the election would be deemed void and Trump would remain in office for 4 more years.

4. Washington, DC at the U.S. Capitol Building

5. The democrats have said that it was an attempted coup and the republicans have said that Trump did nothing wrong and that it wasn't an insurrection. The Democrats have said that Trump is solely responsible for what happened on January 6.

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