Democrats lament 'whitewashing' of Jan. 6 attack but uphold Trump win

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : "Two months ago, the American people elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America," Jeffries said.
44% : It is my sincere hope that my colleagues who know they are lying for Trump will finally locate their spines.
38% : Nearly 1,600 defendants have been federally charged in connection to Trump supporters breaking into the Capitol to try to stop the certification of Biden's win.
36% : Trump has said he will issue some pardons to exonerate them when he takes office on Jan. 20.
28% : Democrats have objected in some fashion during the Jan. 6 certification session to every Republican presidential win since 2000, starting with President George W. Bush in 2001 and 2005, and Trump in 2017.
28% : Democrats impeached Trump on Jan. 13, 2021, for "incitement of insurrection," but the Senate voted to acquit him on Feb. 13 of that year.
27% : Despite not raising objections, many Democrats have pointed to attempts by Trump and Republicans to downplay the impact of Jan. 6 as attempts to "whitewash" history.
27% : "Even if Democrats wanted to raise objections or use the 14th Amendment to attempt to disqualify Trump for inciting an insurrection, a revision of the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform Act created new procedures for challenges.
21% : The 14th Amendment became the basis for Democrats' argument that Trump was not qualified for office.
16% : Pelosi, who was among the targets for some of the rioters on Jan. 6, called Trump a "strange person" for committing to commuting sentences but insisted Congress would accept his win on Monday.
10% : "Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), who led the 2021 impeachment trial of Trump for the Capitol riot, said certifying Trump's victory four years later was a "short period of intensely mixed emotion.
9% : ""Trump's election will be certified, and his administration will be filled with more certified liars, grifters, and corrupt billionaires than any other in American history," Casar said, adding that progressives will "fight back" if Republicans "try to cut Social Security and Medicare to pay for tax cuts to the wealthy.

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