The Culmination of Four Years of American Carnage

First Read: “The unprecedented political insurrection, the violence and the vandalism at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was no spontaneous accident.”

“It was the culmination of the last four years, which started with Donald Trump’s words of ‘American carnage’ at his inaugural address.”

“It carried over to Charlottesville (after which Trump said he condemned ‘many sides’), to last September’s first presidential debate (‘Proud Boys, stand back and stand by’), to Trump’s inability to denounce QAnon (‘I know nothing about them’), and then finally to Trump’s words to his supporters before they stormed the Capitol.”