Trump rewrites Jan. 6 for fans who don't care about truth. But we must remember. | Opinion

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : Trump is holding another rally in Washington on Jan. 19, the day before his second inauguration.
53% : I think that's what Trump wants.
51% : Why didn't liberals do their patriotic insurrection?Trump won reelection.
47% : He and his fans revel in a distortion of reality that suits their political and pugnacious purposes.
43% : "Now, let's fact-check those claims because Trump is two weeks away from again being sworn in as president.
37% : Donald Trump was a president on his way out of office four years ago Tuesday, on Jan. 7, 2021, as Washington, D.C., was grappling with the abhorrent violence at the U.S. Capitol the day before - from a riot he helped incite because his fragile ego could not accept that he had been defeated.
35% : Opinion: Johnson's squeaker win for House speaker signals more Republican chaos aheadRemember Trump on Jan. 7, 2021, decrying "a heinous attack"?
29% : "Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem," Trump said.
27% : The poll also found a startling split when those surveyed thought Trump "will try to rule as a dictator": 40% said yes, 41% said no and 19% said they were unsure.
22% : That's scary stuff until the people surveyed were asked if American institutions like Congress, the Supreme Court or the military would stop Trump as a dictator: 71% said yes, 25% said no.
22% : That's the job Trump so desperately wanted his own vice president, Mike Pence, to walk away from four years ago while Trump fans were swarming the Capitol, promising to harm or kill Pence.
19% : Trump knew then how bad all that looked and how badly it looked for him.

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