146-578: Pro-Trump , far-right militias and movements United States federal government , D.C. and state governments On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. , was attacked by a mob of supporters of, at the time, the 45th U.S. president Donald Trump in an attempted self-coup d'état , two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election . They sought to keep him in power by preventing
292-791: A Juris Doctor in 1989. In 1990, Harris was hired as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California , where she was described as "an able prosecutor on the way up". In 1994, Speaker of the California Assembly Willie Brown , who was then dating Harris, appointed her to the state Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board and later to the California Medical Assistance Commission. In February 1998, San Francisco district attorney Terence Hallinan recruited Harris as an assistant district attorney. There, she became
438-428: A Pew Research Center study. In contrast, approximately two-thirds of non-white evangelicals supported Hillary Clinton in 2016, with 90% of black Protestants also voting for her even though their theological views are similar to evangelicals. According to Yale researcher Philip Gorski, "the question is not so much why evangelicals voted for Trump then—many did not—but why so many white evangelicals did." Gorski's answer
584-762: A historically black university in Washington, D.C. At Howard, she became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha , one of the "Divine Nine" historically black sororities. She graduated in 1986 with a degree in political science and economics. Harris then attended the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where she served as president of its chapter of the Black Law Students Association . She graduated with
730-510: A joint session of Congress from counting the Electoral College votes to formalize the victory of President-elect Joe Biden . The attack was ultimately unsuccessful in preventing the certification of the election results. According to the bipartisan House select committee that investigated the incident , the attack was the culmination of a seven-part plan by Trump to overturn the election . Within 36 hours, five people died: one
876-463: A populist political method that suggests nationalistic answers to political, economic, and social problems. These inclinations lead to policies such as immigration restrictionism , trade protectionism , isolationism , migrant family separation and opposition to entitlement reform . Former National Security Advisor and close Trump advisor John Bolton disputes that Trumpism exists in any meaningful sense, adding that "[t]he man does not have
1022-591: A primary election opponent or otherwise use his political power to undermine any fellow party members that he felt had betrayed him. The 2020 Republican Party platform simply endorsed "the President's America-first agenda", prompting comparisons to contemporary leader-focused party platforms in Russia and China. General Mark Milley , Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Trump , has described Trump as
1168-601: A "forceful" campaign and differentiating herself from Hallinan by attacking his performance. Harris won the election with 56% of the vote, becoming the first person of color elected district attorney of San Francisco. She ran unopposed for a second term in 2007. Within the first six months of taking office, Harris cleared 27 of 74 backlogged homicide cases. She also pushed for higher bail for criminal defendants involved in gun-related crimes, arguing that historically low bail encouraged outsiders to commit crimes in San Francisco. SFPD officers credited Harris with tightening
1314-744: A "masculinist fantasy of freedom", similar to Jacques Lacan 's mythic leader of the primal horde whose power to satisfy every pleasure or whim has not been castrated. By activating such fantasies, toxic masculine behaviors from opulent displays of greed (the dream palaces of Mar-a-Lago and Nkandla ), violent rhetoric, " grab them by the pussy " " locker room " "jokes" to misogynist insults, philandering, and even sexual predatory behavior including allegations of groping and raping become political assets not liabilities. Gender role scholar Colleen Clemens describes toxic masculinity as "a narrow and repressive description of manhood, designating manhood as defined by violence, sex, status and aggression ... where strength
1460-552: A "wannabe dictator." Opposition to aspects of transgender rights is a theme of Trumpism. According to Philip Gorski , in Trumpian nostalgia, "decline is brought about by docility and femininity and the return to greatness requires little more than a reassertion of dominance and masculinity. In this way, 'virtue' is reduced to its root etymology of manly bravado." Michael Kimmel describes male Trump supporters who despaired "over whether or not anything could enable them to find
1606-480: A Hate Crimes Unit, focusing on hate crimes against LGBT children and teens in schools, and supported A.B. 1160, the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act. As District Attorney, she created an environmental crimes unit in 2005. Harris expressed support for San Francisco's sanctuary city policy of not inquiring about immigration status in the process of a criminal investigation. In 2004, she created
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#17327727538701752-515: A bail reform bill with Rand Paul , an election security bill with James Lankford , and a workplace harassment bill with Lisa Murkowski . Following her election as Vice President of the United States, Harris resigned from her seat on January 18, 2021, before taking office on January 20, and was replaced by California Secretary of State Alex Padilla . While in the Senate, Harris was
1898-468: A copycat phenomenon—the emboldening of bigots and despots by others' electoral successes. Rather, it is something that sits just beneath the surface of any human society—including in the advanced liberal democracies at the heart of the Western world—and can be activated by core elements of liberal democracy itself. Stenner and Haidt regard authoritarian waves as a feature of liberal democracies noting that
2044-564: A country anymore". He said the protesters would be "going to the Capitol and we're going to try and give [Republicans] the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country". Trump also said, "you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong. We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated". Trump denounced Representative Liz Cheney , saying, "We've got to get rid of
2190-474: A death row inmate, while others did not withstand scrutiny. In the immediate aftermath of the debate, Harris fell in the polls. Over the next few months her poll numbers fell to the low single digits. Harris faced criticism from reformers for tough-on-crime policies she pursued while she was California's attorney general. In 2014, she defended California's death penalty in court. Before and during her presidential campaign, an online informal organization using
2336-399: A decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America....Since taking office, you have consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance. It is neither charity, nor is it a gift to foreign governments. Our national security funding is specifically designed to promote American interests, enhance our collective security, and protect
2482-717: A few years in college towns in the Midwest where her parents held teaching or research positions: Urbana, Illinois (where her sister Maya was born in 1966); Evanston, Illinois ; and Madison, Wisconsin . By 1970, the marriage had faltered, and Shyamala moved back to Berkeley with her two daughters; the couple divorced when Kamala was seven. In 1972, Donald Harris accepted a position at Stanford University; Kamala and Maya spent weekends at their father's house in Palo Alto and lived at their mother's house in Berkeley during
2628-533: A guy who says: 'I can build anything I want. I can do anything I want. I can have the women I want.' They're going, 'This guy is awesome!'" Neville Hoad, an expert on gender issues in South Africa, sees this as a common theme with another strongman leader, Jacob Zuma , comparing his " Zulu Big Man version of toxic masculinity versus a dog whistle white supremacist version; the putative real estate billionaire turned reality television star". Both men express
2774-486: A history in the Arizona Oath Keepers, was filmed during two street gatherings urging people to go into the Capitol the next day, "peacefully", he said at one of the gatherings. Epps was filmed on January 6 telling people to "go to the Capitol". Epps had texted his nephew that he was "orchestrating" the flow into the Capitol building. Epps later claimed that he had been boasting about "directing" people towards
2920-530: A jail sentence. Some participants in the attack were linked to far-right extremist groups or conspiratorial movements , including the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Three Percenters , some of whom were convicted of seditious conspiracy . Enrique Tarrio , then the chairman of the Proud Boys, received the longest sentence, a 22-year prison term. Trump and elected Republican officials have since promoted
3066-582: A male Senate colleague in a similar manner. In December, Harris called for the resignation of Senator Al Franken , writing on Twitter, "Sexual harassment and misconduct should not be allowed by anyone and should not occur anywhere." In January, Harris was appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee after Franken resigned. Later that month, she questioned Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for favoring Norwegian immigrants over others and for claiming to be unaware that Norway
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#17327727538703212-498: A march near Freedom Plaza and the Trump International Hotel dressed in combat fatigues and ballistic vests. In scuffles between protesters and counter-protesters, four people were stabbed and at least 23 were arrested. By December 15, Proud Boy members were being photographed wearing apparel featuring the antisemitic, Neo-Nazi slogan "6MWE". The acronym stands for "6 million wasn't enough", referring to
3358-544: A matter of public safety and pointing out that the majority of prison inmates and homicide victims are dropouts or habitual truants, she issued citations against six parents whose children missed at least 50 days of school, the first time San Francisco prosecuted adults for student truancy. Harris's office ultimately prosecuted seven parents in three years, with none jailed. By April 2009, 1,330 elementary school students were habitual or chronic truants, down 23% from 1,730 in 2008, and from 2,517 in 2007 and 2,856 in 2006. Harris
3504-555: A meeting he may have had regarding the Mueller Investigation with a member of Kasowitz Benson Torres , the law firm founded by Donald Trump 's personal attorney, Marc Kasowitz . Kavanaugh was unable to answer and repeatedly deflected. Harris also participated in questioning the FBI director's limited scope of the investigation of Kavanaugh regarding allegations of sexual assault. She voted against his confirmation. Harris
3650-410: A member of the following committees: Harris had been considered a top contender and potential front-runner for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president . In June 2018, she said she was "not ruling it out". In July 2018, it was announced that she would publish a memoir, a sign of a possible run. On January 21, 2019, Harris officially announced her candidacy for president of the United States in
3796-464: A message saying, "I am assuming most of the protest will be at the capital [ sic ] building given what's going on inside." The Proud Boys leadership encouraged members to attend the January 6 event. Leaders used a crowdfunding website to raise money and purchase paramilitary equipment such as concealed tactical vests and radio equipment in preparation for the attack. Chapter leadership spent
3942-412: A national profile while asking pointed questions of officials within the first administration of President Donald Trump during Senate hearings, including Trump's second U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh . Harris sought the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination in 2019, but withdrew from the race before the primaries . Biden selected her as his running mate , and their ticket defeated
4088-516: A philosophy. And people can try and draw lines between the dots of his decisions. They will fail." Writing for the Routledge Handbook of Global Populism (2019), Olivier Jutel notes, "What Donald Trump reveals is that the various iterations of right-wing American populism have less to do with a programmatic social conservatism or libertarian economics than with enjoyment." Sociologist Michael Kimmel states that Trump's populism
4234-518: A place with some dignity in this new, multicultural, and more egalitarian world. ... These men were angry, but they all looked back nostalgically to a time when their sense of masculine entitlement went unchallenged. They wanted to reclaim their country, restore their rightful place in it, and retrieve their manhood in the process." Social psychologists Theresa Vescio and Nathaniel Schermerhorn note that "In his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump embodied HM [ hegemonic masculinity ] while waxing nostalgic for
4380-466: A potential coup to overturn the election, mentioning Christopher Miller by name. That day, Trump ordered Miller to "do whatever was necessary to protect the demonstrators" on January 6. The next day, Miller signed a memo severely limiting the ability of the D.C. National Guard to deploy without his permission. Since his appointment in 2018, D.C. National Guard commanding major general William J. Walker had standing orders to respond to civil disturbances in
4526-413: A protest. Go there ready for war. We get our President or we die." Of the rioters arrested for the attack on the U.S. Capitol, 88% were men, and 67% were 35 years or older. According to 2016 election exit polls, 26% of voters self identified as white evangelical Christians , of whom more than three-fourths in 2017 approved of Trump's performance, most of them approving "very strongly" as reported by
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4672-755: A racially homogenous past that maintained an unequal gender order. Trump performed HM by repeatedly referencing his status as a successful businessman (" blue-collar businessman") and alluding to how tough he would be as president. ... Trump was openly hostile toward gender-atypical women, sexualized gender typical women, and attacked the masculinity of male peers and opponents." In their studies involving 2,007 people, they found that endorsement of hegemonic masculinity better predicted support for Trump than other factors, such as support for antiestablishment, antielitist, nativist, racist, sexist, homophobic or xenophobic perspectives. Kimmel's angry white males engage in toxic masculinity which, according to William Liu, editor of
4818-493: A rebellion of conservative elites against the base. Yale sociologist Philip S. Gorski warned against the threat of Trumpism, writing that "the election of Donald Trump constitutes perhaps the greatest threat to American democracy since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. There is a real and growing danger that representative government will be slowly but effectively supplanted by a populist form of authoritarian rule in
4964-514: A revisionist history of the event by downplaying the severity of the violence, spreading conspiracy theories, and portraying those charged with crimes as hostages and martyrs. Joe Biden , of the Democratic Party , defeated incumbent Republican Party president Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election . Trump and other Republicans attempted to overturn the election , falsely claiming widespread voter fraud . Within hours after
5110-713: A senior official at the Pentagon... reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding the protests planned on the 6th. There are calls to burn down your home, Mitch; to smuggle guns into DC, and to storm the Capitol. I hope that sufficient security plans are in place, but I am concerned that the instigator—the President—is the one who commands the reinforcements the DC and Capitol police might require." On January 3, all ten living former defense secretaries released an open letter in which they expressed concerns about
5256-415: A tough guy means wearing the mask of masculinity: Being a tough guy means refusing to don a mask that might preserve one's life and the lives of others." Tough guy bravado appeared on the internet prior to attack on Congress on January 6, 2021, with one poster writing, "Be ready to fight. Congress needs to hear glass breaking, doors being kicked in ... . Get violent. Stop calling this a march, or rally, or
5402-488: Is "an emotion. And the emotion is righteous indignation that the government is screwing 'us'". Kimmel posits that Trump manifests "aggrieved entitlement," a "sense that those benefits to which you believed yourself entitled have been snatched away from you by unseen forces larger and more powerful. You feel yourself to be the heir to a great promise, the American Dream , which has turned into an impossible fantasy for
5548-616: Is a political movement in the United States that comprises the political ideologies associated with Donald Trump and his political base . It incorporates ideologies such as right-wing populism , national conservatism and neo-nationalism , and features significant illiberal and authoritarian beliefs. There is significant academic debate over the prevalence of neo-fascist and fascist elements of Trumpism. Trumpists and Trumpians are terms that refer to individuals exhibiting its characteristics. Trumpism
5694-618: Is a predominantly white country. Also in January, Harris and Senators Heidi Heitkamp , Jon Tester , and Claire McCaskill co-sponsored the Border and Port Security Act, legislation to mandate that U.S. Customs and Border Protection "hire, train and assign at least 500 officers per year until the number of needed positions the model identifies is filled" and require the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection to determine potential equipment and infrastructure improvements for ports of entry. In May, Harris heatedly questioned Nielsen about
5840-407: Is an American politician and attorney who has served as the 49th vice president of the United States since 2021 under President Joe Biden . She is the first female U.S. vice president, making her the highest-ranking female official in U.S. history. She is also the first African American and the first Asian American vice president. A member of the Democratic Party , she was the party's nominee in
5986-519: Is associated with the belief that the President is above the rule of law . It has been referred to as an American political variant of the far-right and the national-populist and neo-nationalist sentiment seen in multiple nations starting in the late 2010s. Trump's political base has been compared to a cult of personality . Trump supporters became the largest faction of the United States Republican Party , with
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6132-532: Is everything while emotions are a weakness; where sex and brutality are yardsticks by which men are measured, while supposedly 'feminine' traits—which can range from emotional vulnerability to simply not being hypersexual—are the means by which your status as "man" can be taken away." Writing in the Journal of Human Rights , Kimberly Theidon notes the COVID-19 pandemic 's irony of Trumpian toxic masculinity: "Being
6278-498: Is of "the national community rising phoenix-like after a period of encroaching decadence which all but destroyed it", which "sounds a lot like MAGA" ( Make America Great Again ) according to Goldberg. Similarly, like the Trump movement, fascism sees a "need for authority by natural chiefs (always male), culminating in a national chieftain who alone is capable of incarnating the group's historical destiny." They believe in "the superiority of
6424-483: Is open enough to permit people to ascribe their own meaning to it." Exit polling data suggests the campaign was successful at mobilizing the " white disenfranchised ", the lower- to working-class European-Americans who are experiencing growing social inequality and who often have stated opposition to the American political establishment . Some prominent conservatives formed a Never Trump movement, seen as
6570-613: The 2020 presidential election . In the first 24 hours after her announcement, she tied a record set by Bernie Sanders in 2016 for the most donations raised in the day after an announcement. More than 20,000 people attended her campaign launch event in her hometown of Oakland, California, on January 27, according to a police estimate. During the first Democratic presidential debate in June 2019, Harris scolded former vice president Joe Biden for "hurtful" remarks he made, speaking fondly of senators who opposed integration efforts in
6716-499: The 2024 presidential election , becoming the second woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. From 2017 to 2021, she represented California in the U.S. Senate , and was Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017. From 2004 to 2011, she served as District Attorney of San Francisco . Born in Oakland, California , Harris graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of
6862-553: The Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, and Molotov cocktails were discovered in a vehicle near the Capitol. Trump resisted sending the National Guard to quell the mob. Later that afternoon in a Twitter video, he restated false claims about the election and told his supporters to "go home in peace". The Capitol was cleared of rioters by mid-evening, and
7008-537: The Inflation Reduction Act . After Biden withdrew from the 2024 presidential election , Harris launched her campaign with Biden's endorsement and soon became the presumptive nominee. She lost the election to Trump. Kamala Devi Harris was born in Oakland, California , on October 20, 1964. Her mother, Shyamala Gopalan (1938–2009), was a biologist who arrived in the United States from India in 1958 to enroll in graduate school in endocrinology at
7154-519: The Intelligence Committee , and Senator Richard Burr , the committee chairman, to interrupt her and request that she be more respectful of the witness. A week later, she questioned Jeff Sessions , the attorney general , on the same topic. Sessions said her questioning "makes me nervous". Burr's singling out of Harris sparked suggestions in the news media that his behavior was sexist, with commentators arguing that Burr would not treat
7300-522: The Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley "we are on the way to a right-wing coup". On December 18, Miller unilaterally terminated the Department of Defense's transition to the incoming administration , falsely claiming it was a mutually-agreed pause for the holidays. On January 2, Senator Mitt Romney contacted Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell, predicting reinforcements would be denied, "...
7446-787: The Supreme Court . Those challenges were all rejected by the courts, for lack of evidence or legal standing . Trump then mounted a campaign to pressure Republican governors, secretaries of state, and state legislatures to nullify results by replacing slates of Biden electors with slates pledged to Trump, or by manufacturing evidence of fraud; Trump's role in the plot to use fake electors led to his being prosecuted in Georgia and in federal court . He demanded lawmakers investigate ostensible election "irregularities", such as by conducting signature matches of mailed-in ballots , disregarding any prior analytic efforts. Trump made inquiries regarding
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#17327727538707592-515: The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Tuberville has since said that he did not attend the meeting, despite having been photographed in the hotel's lobby. According to Charles Herbster , who said he attended the meeting himself, attendees included Tuberville, Adam Piper, and Peter Navarro . Daniel Beck wrote that "Fifteen of us spent the evening with Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle , Tommy Tuberville, Mike Lindell , Peter Navarro, and Rudy Giuliani ". Herbster claimed to be standing "in
7738-630: The Trump administration family separation policy , under which children were separated from their families when their parents were taken into custody for illegally entering the U.S. In June, after visiting one of the detention facilities near the border in San Diego, Harris became the first senator to demand Nielsen's resignation. In the September and October Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation hearings , Harris questioned Brett Kavanaugh about
7884-790: The University of California, Berkeley . A research career of over 40 years followed, during which her work on the progesterone receptor gene led to advances in breast cancer research. Kamala's father, Donald J. Harris (1938–), is an Afro-Jamaican who immigrated to the United States in 1961 and also enrolled in UC Berkeley, specializing in development economics . The first Black scholar to be granted tenure at Stanford University 's economics department, he has emeritus status there. Kamala's parents met in 1962 and married in 1963. The Harris family lived in Berkeley until they moved in 1966, around Kamala's second birthday. The Harrises lived for
8030-636: The Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan , the largest camp for Syrian refugees. In June, Harris garnered media attention for her questioning of Rod Rosenstein , the deputy attorney general , over the role he played in the May 2017 firing of James Comey , the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation . The prosecutorial nature of her questioning caused Senator John McCain , an ex officio member of
8176-408: The basket of deplorables ..." Disputing the view that the surge of support for Trumpism and Brexit represents a new phenomenon, political scientist Karen Stenner and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt present the argument that the far-right populist wave that seemed to 'come out of nowhere' did not in fact come out of nowhere. It is not a sudden madness, or virus, or tide, or even just
8322-457: The loopholes defendants had used in the past. During her campaign, Harris pledged never to seek the death penalty, and kept to this in the cases of a San Francisco Police Department officer, Isaac Espinoza, who was shot and killed in 2004, and of Edwin Ramos , an illegal immigrant and alleged MS-13 gang member who was accused of murdering a man and his two sons in 2009. Harris created
8468-621: The prosperity gospel , with Christian Americanism being the narrative that God specially called the United States into being as an extraordinary if not miraculous providence and end-times conspiracy referring to the world's annihilation (figurative or literal) due to some conspiracy of nefarious groups and globalist powers threatening American sovereignty. Horton thinks that what he calls the "cult of Christian Trumpism" blends these three ingredients with "a generous dose of hucksterism " as well as self-promotion and personality cult . Kamala Harris Kamala Devi Harris (born October 20, 1964)
8614-572: The "Freedom Rally" was organized by Virginia Freedom Keepers, Latinos for Trump , and United Medical Freedom Super PAC at 300 First Street NE, across from the Russell Senate Office Building. Starting at 11:58, from behind a bulletproof shield, President Trump gave a speech , declaring that he would "never concede" the election, criticizing the media, and calling for Pence to overturn the election results. His speech contained many falsehoods and misrepresentations that inflamed
8760-518: The 1970s and working with them to oppose mandatory school bussing. Harris's support rose by between six and nine points in polls after that debate. In the second debate in August, Biden and Representative Tulsi Gabbard confronted Harris over her record as attorney general. The San Jose Mercury News assessed that some of Gabbard's and Biden's accusations were on point, such as blocking the DNA testing of
8906-460: The 2016 election , Harris called for U.S. Attorney General William Barr to testify before Congress in the interests of transparency. Two days later, Barr released a four-page "summary" of the redacted Mueller Report, which was criticized as a deliberate mischaracterization of its conclusions. Later that month, Harris was one of 12 Democratic senators led by Mazie Hirono to sign a letter questioning Barr's decision to offer "his own conclusion that
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#17327727538709052-480: The 2020 election had been "stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats ", and to demand that then-Vice President Mike Pence and Congress reject Biden's victory. Starting at noon on January 6 at a "Save America" rally on the Ellipse , Trump gave a speech in which he repeated false claims of election irregularities and said, "If you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore." As Congress began
9198-833: The Army and the secretary of defense to essentially protect my guardsmen." On January 4, D.C. mayor Bowser announced that the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (MPD) would lead law enforcement in the district, and would coordinate with the Capitol Police, the U.S. Park Police , and the Secret Service . Jurisdictionally, the Metropolitan Police Department is responsible for city streets of
9344-598: The Capitol and tunnels that connect it to House and Senate office buildings. Black X's represented forces that would be "ready for action" if Congress tried to certify the election. On January 1, the operator of an obscure website about the tunnels noticed a spike in traffic, prompting him to notify the FBI of a likely upcoming attack. From December 29 to January 5, the FBI and its field offices warned of armed protests at every state capitol and reported plans by Trump supporters that included violence. On December 30, one popular comment
9490-560: The Capitol attack, the Capitol Police intelligence unit circulated a memo warning that Trump supporters see the day of the Electoral College vote count "as the last opportunity to overturn the results of the presidential election" and could use violence against "Congress itself" on that date. On November 9, Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and replaced him with Christopher C. Miller . In response, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Gina Haspel told Chairman of
9636-412: The Capitol on social media, including calls for violence against Congress, Pence, and the police. Many posters planned for violence before the event: some discussed how to avoid police on the streets, which tools to bring to help pry open doors, and how to smuggle weapons into the city. They discussed their perceived need to attack the police. On December 28, a map was posted showing entrances and exits to
9782-408: The Capitol", "Taking the Capitol right now", "Invade the Capitol", "Storm the Capitol" and "Fight for Trump". Before Trump had finished speaking at 1:12 p.m., the Proud Boys had begun their attack on the Capitol and breached the outer perimeter of the Capitol grounds; the two pipe bombs had been discovered nearby. Just before the Proud Boys attacked the Capitol, pipe bombs were discovered near
9928-440: The Capitol. From 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. on January 5, a series of Trump rallies were held at Freedom Plaza. Notable speakers included Alex Jones, Michael Flynn , George Papadopoulos , and Roger Stone. Both Flynn and Stone had received presidential pardons in prior weeks. On December 8, Trump pardoned retired U. S. Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn, who had pleaded guilty to "willfully and knowingly" making false statements to
10074-513: The Capitol. On January 3 and 4, Proud Boys leadership explicitly discussed "storming" the Capitol. On January 3, Rhodes departed his home, having spent $ 6,000 on a rifle and other firearms equipment in Texas, and spending $ 4,500 in Mississippi, en route to D.C. On January 5, leaders began unloading weapons for the "QRF". Leaders drove into D.C. on a "reconnaissance mission". On January 4, Tarrio
10220-606: The Department of Justice inspector general Michael E. Horowitz investigate whether Barr acceded to pressure from the White House to investigate Trump's political enemies. On May 5, 2019, Harris said "voter suppression" prevented Democrats Stacey Abrams and Andrew Gillum from winning the 2018 gubernatorial elections in Georgia and Florida ; Abrams lost by 55,000 votes and Gillum by 32,000. According to election law expert Richard L. Hasen , "I have seen no good evidence that
10366-592: The FBI about communications with the Russian ambassador. Flynn, a prominent QAnon proponent, participated in the D.C. events on January 5, while his brother, U.S. Army general Charles Flynn , would participate in a conference call on January 6 when he would refuse permission to deploy the National Guard after the breach of the Capitol. On December 23, Trump pardoned Roger Stone, who had been found guilty at trial of witness tampering , making false statements to Congress, and obstruction. Stone, who had longtime ties to both
10512-494: The Law . She began her law career in the office of the district attorney of Alameda County . She was recruited to the San Francisco District Attorney's Office and later to the office of the city attorney of San Francisco . She was elected district attorney of San Francisco in 2003 and attorney general of California in 2010 , and reelected as attorney general in 2014 . Harris was the first woman,
10658-723: The National Mall and Capitol area, whereas the Park Police are responsible for the Ellipse, the Secret Service is responsible for the vicinity of the White House , and the Capitol Police is responsible for the Capitol complex itself. During a meeting with a representative of the Capitol Police, the Mayor asked, "[W]here does your perimeter start?" At that point, the individual left the room, and stopped participating in
10804-710: The Philippines, Shinzo Abe of Japan, Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea, Javier Milei of Argentina, and Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia. Trumpist rhetoric features anti-immigrant , xenophobic , nativist , and racist attacks against minority groups. Identified aspects include conspiracist , isolationist , Christian nationalist , evangelical Christian , protectionist , anti-feminist , and anti-LGBT beliefs. Trumpism emerged during Trump's 2016 presidential campaign . Trump's rhetoric has its roots in
10950-529: The President's conduct did not amount to obstruction of justice", and called for an investigation into whether Barr's summary of the Mueller report and his statements at a news conference were misleading. In April 2019, Harris was one of 34 Senate Democrats and independents to write a letter urging President Trump not to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The group wrote: We encourage you to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse
11096-692: The Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit, focusing on cyber privacy and data breaches. California secured settlements with companies like Comcast and Houzz for privacy violations. Harris was instrumental in advancing criminal justice reform. She launched the Division of Recidivism Reduction and Re-Entry and implemented the Back on Track LA program, which provided educational and job training opportunities for nonviolent offenders. Despite her focus on reform, Harris faced criticism for defending
11242-411: The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, employed Oath Keepers as security on January 5. Stone's Oath-Keeper driver was later convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in plotting and executing the following day's attack. In the evening of January 5, Trump's closest allies, including Michael Flynn, Corey Lewandowski , Alabama senator Tommy Tuberville , and Trump's sons Donald Jr. and Eric , met at
11388-538: The San Francisco Reentry Division. Over six years, the 200 people graduated from the program had a recidivism rate of less than 10%, compared to the 53% of California's drug offenders who returned to prison within two years of release. In 2006, as part of an initiative to reduce the city's homicide rate, Harris led a citywide effort to combat truancy for at-risk elementary school youth in San Francisco. In 2008, declaring chronic truancy
11534-555: The Senate . Trump repeated this call in his rally speech on the morning of January 6. Numerous scholars, historians, political scientists, and journalists have characterized these efforts to overturn the election as an attempted self-coup by Trump and an implementation of the " big lie ". On July 16, 2023, Donald Trump was notified that he was officially a target in the Smith special counsel investigation . Trump attorney Sidney Powell would later plead guilty to conspiring to interfere with
11680-514: The Senate seat the next week. She was a top contender from the beginning of her campaign. The 2016 California Senate election used California's new top-two primary format, where the top two candidates in the primary advance to the general election regardless of party. On February 27, 2016, Harris won 78% of the California Democratic Party vote at the party convention, allowing her campaign to receive financial support from
11826-522: The Steal posted plans to "occupy just outside" the Capitol with promises to "escalate" if opposed by police. Stone recorded a video for his "Stop The Steal Security Project" to raise funds "for the staging, the transportation and most importantly the security" of the event. The event was largely funded by Trump donor Julie Fancelli , heiress to the Publix supermarket fortune, who budgeted $ 3 million for
11972-452: The U.S. for 90 days, she condemned the order and was one of many to call it a "Muslim ban". She called White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly at home to gather information and push back against the executive order. In February, Harris spoke in opposition to Trump's cabinet picks Betsy DeVos for secretary of education and Jeff Sessions for United States Attorney General . In early March, she called on Sessions to resign, after it
12118-487: The attack , voted to subpoena Trump, and recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecute him. On August 1, 2023, following a special counsel investigation , Trump was indicted on four charges . As of May 6, 2024, of the 1,424 people charged with federal crimes relating to the event, 820 have pleaded guilty (255 to felonies and 565 to misdemeanors), and 884 defendants have been sentenced, 541 of whom received
12264-472: The attack, several organizations, including ones that monitor online extremism , issued warnings about the event. On January 5, the media published stories about widespread predictions of violence, and D.C. mayor Bowser called for residents to avoid the downtown area where protesters would march. Members of Congress reached out to law enforcement charged with protecting the Capitol against violence and were assured Capitol Police were prepared. Three days before
12410-658: The chief of the Career Criminal Division, supervising five other attorneys, where she prosecuted homicide , burglary , robbery , and sexual assault cases—particularly three-strikes cases . In August 2000, Harris took a job at San Francisco City Hall , working for city attorney Louise Renne . Harris ran the Family and Children's Services Division, representing child abuse and neglect cases. Renne endorsed Harris during her D.A. campaign. In 2002, Harris ran for District Attorney of San Francisco , running
12556-569: The complex. Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and other attackers besieged and ultimately breached the Capitol. Members of the Congress barricaded themselves in the chamber, and one attacker was fatally shot by police while attempting to breach a barricade. Trumpism Defunct Newspapers Journals TV channels Websites Other Economics Gun rights Identity politics Nativist Religion Watchdog groups Youth/student groups Miscellaneous Other Trumpism
12702-508: The conclusion of the rally and dispersal of participants. Trump supporters gathered on the Ellipse to hear speeches from Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and others, such as Chapman University School of Law professor John Eastman , who spoke, at least in part, based on his memorandums , which have been described as an instruction manual for a coup d'état. In a court filing in February, a member of the Oath Keepers claimed she had acted as "security" at
12848-540: The conference. The mayor later recalled, "[T]hat should have been like a trigger to me. Like these people, they don't want to answer questions about their preparation." On January 6, under "orders from leadership", the Capitol Police deployed without "less lethal" arms such as sting grenades . The Capitol Police armory was not properly maintained, riot shields had been improperly stored at the wrong temperature, rendering them ineffective, while ammunition stores were expired. On January 5, several events related to overturning
12994-401: The crowd he would march with them to the Capitol (but was prevented from doing so by his security detail). In addition to the twenty times he used the term "fight", Trump once used the term "peacefully", saying, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard". During Trump's speech, his supporters chanted "Take
13140-584: The crowd that he would be with them, but he ultimately did not go to the Capitol. As to counting Biden's electoral votes, Trump said, "We can't let that happen" and suggested Biden would be an "illegitimate president". Referring to the day of the elections, Trump said, "most people would stand there at 9:00 in the evening and say, 'I want to thank you very much,' and they go off to some other life, but I said, 'Something's wrong here. Something's really wrong. [It] can't have happened.' And we fight. We fight like Hell and if you don't fight like Hell, you're not going to have
13286-468: The crowd. Trump did not call on his supporters to use violence or enter the Capitol, but his speech was filled with violent imagery. On social media, Trump was suggesting that his supporters had the power to prevent Biden from taking office. One of his tweets, posted on January 6, 2021, at 5:43 a.m., was "Get smart Republicans. FIGHT." The same afternoon, Pence released a letter to Congress, in which he said he could not challenge Biden's victory. Although
13432-493: The day change hearts and minds of Congresspeoples [ sic ] who weren't yet decided or saw everyone outside and said, 'I can't be on the other side of that mob ' ". Alexander named three Republican members of the House as allies who were planning "something big": Paul Gosar , Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks . "We're the four guys who came up with a January 6 event", he said. On December 23, Roger Stone 's group Stop
13578-488: The days prior to, and morning of January 6, planning the attack. On December 29, leaders announced plans to be "incognito" on January 6, by not wearing their traditional black and yellow garb. On December 30, the leadership received a document titled " 1776 Returns ", which called for the occupation of "crucial buildings" on January 6 and argued for supporters to "Storm the Winter Palace " in a reference to an attack on
13724-546: The death of Roxsana Hernández, a transgender woman and immigrant who died in ICE custody. In December, Harris led a group of Democratic senators and civil rights organizations in demanding the removal of White House senior adviser Stephen Miller after emails published by the Southern Poverty Law Center revealed frequent promotion of white nationalist literature to Breitbart website editors. Before
13870-471: The district, but on January 5, Walker received new orders from Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy forbidding him to respond to a civil disturbance without explicit prior approval from McCarthy and Miller. Previously, he had authority to respond without seeking permission. After the attack, Walter described the order as "unusual", noting "It required me to seek authorization from the secretary of
14016-762: The election occurred on or near the National Mall in Washington, D.C., at places such as Freedom Plaza , the North Inner Gravel Walkway between 13th and 14th Streets, Area 9 across from the Russell Senate Office Building , and near the United States Supreme Court. On the night of January 5 and into the morning of January 6, at least ten people were arrested, several on weapons charges. On January 5, Ray Epps , an individual with
14162-539: The election were "crooked" and at 10:50 called for " trial by combat ". Eastman asserted that balloting machines contained "secret folders" that altered voting results. At 10:58, a Proud Boys contingent left the rally and marched toward the Capitol Building. On January 6, the "Wild Protest" was organized by Stop The Steal and took place in Area 8, across from the Russell Senate Office Building. On January 6,
14308-414: The election. On December 18, Trump called for supporters to attend a rally before the January 6 Congressional vote count, writing on Twitter , "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!". On December 28, far-right activist Ali Alexander described collaboration with the Proud Boys and explained the purpose of the January 6 event would be "to build momentum and pressure, and then on
14454-453: The electoral vote count was resumed and completed by the early morning of January 7. Pence declared President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris victorious. Pressured by his cabinet , the threat of removal, and many resignations , Trump later conceded to an orderly transition of power in a televised statement. A week after the attack, the House of Representatives impeached Trump for incitement of insurrection , making him
14600-701: The electoral vote count, thousands of attendees, some armed, walked to the Capitol, and hundreds breached police perimeters. Among the rioters were leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers militia groups. The FBI estimates that between 2,000 and 2,500 people entered the Capitol Building during the attack, some of whom participated in vandalism and looting, including in the offices of then- House speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Congress members. Rioters also assaulted Capitol Police officers and reporters, and attempted to capture and harm lawmakers. A gallows
14746-457: The enemy includes 'Mexican migrants', 'filthy' gays, and even Catholics 'led astray by Satan', and the real danger these enemies pose is degradation to a 'blessed—great— ... nation' whose God is the Lord." Theologian Michael Horton believes Christian Trumpism represents the confluence of three trends that have come together, namely Christian American exceptionalism , end-times conspiracies, and
14892-558: The event and spent at least $ 650,000. Fancelli's funding, via conspiracy theorist Alex Jones , was used to reserve the Ellipse. With Fancelli's funding, a robocall campaign urged people to "march to the Capitol building and call on Congress to stop the steal". Jones claimed the White House asked him to lead the march to the Capitol. On January 2, Trump announced plans to speak at the "March to Save America" rally on January 6. On January 4, Steve Bannon described himself being part of "the bloodless coup". On November 5, two days after
15038-490: The fight". Trump's sons, Donald Jr. and Eric, along with Eric's wife Lara Trump , also spoke, naming and verbally attacking Republican congressmen and senators who were not supporting the effort to challenge the Electoral College vote, and promising to campaign against them in future primary elections. Donald Jr. said of Republican lawmakers, "If you're gonna be the zero and not the hero, we're coming for you". Rudy Giuliani repeated conspiracy theories that voting machines used in
15184-542: The findings of their 2016 study of Trump and Brexit supporters was not unexpected, as they wrote: Across two decades of empirical research, we cannot think of a significant exception to the finding that normative threat tends either to leave non-authoritarians utterly unmoved by the things that catalyze authoritarians or to propel them toward being (what one might conceive as) their 'best selves.' In previous investigations, this has seen non-authoritarians move toward positions of greater tolerance and respect for diversity under
15330-492: The first African American, and the first Asian American to hold each office. Harris was the junior U.S. senator from California from 2017 to 2021. She won the 2016 Senate election , becoming the second Black woman and first South Asian American U.S. senator. As a senator, Harris advocated for stricter gun control laws, the DREAM Act , federal legalization of cannabis , and reforms to healthcare and taxation . She gained
15476-620: The four-page summary he had released ahead of the full report. When asked by Harris whether he had reviewed the underlying evidence before deciding not to charge Trump with obstruction of justice, Barr admitted that neither he, Rod Rosenstein , nor anyone in his office had reviewed the evidence supporting the report before making the charging decision. Harris later called for Barr to resign, accusing him of refusing to answer her questions because he could open himself up to perjury , and saying his responses disqualified him from serving as U.S. attorney general. Two days later, Harris demanded again that
15622-506: The incident, a reward of $ 500,000 was being offered, but as of the third anniversary, no suspects have been named. On January 6, the "Save America" rally (or "March to Save America", promoted as a "Save America March") took place on the Ellipse within the National Mall just south of the White House. The permit granted to Women for America First scheduled a first amendment rally "March for Trump", with speeches running from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with an additional hour for
15768-475: The incumbent Republican president and vice president, Trump and Mike Pence , in the 2020 presidential election . Presiding over an evenly split U.S. Senate upon entering office, Harris played a crucial role as President of the Senate. She cast more tie-breaking votes than any other vice president , which helped pass bills such as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 stimulus package and
15914-506: The individual was recorded sitting on a bench outside the DNC; the next day, a pipe bomb was discovered there, placed under a bush. In the footage, the suspect appears to zip a bag, stand and walk away. At 8:14, the suspect was filmed in an alley near the RNC, where a second pipe bomb was found the following day. Both bombs were placed within a few blocks of the Capitol. Nearing the second anniversary of
16060-425: The initial plan for the rally called for people to remain at the Ellipse until the counting of electoral slates was complete, the White House said they should march to the Capitol, as Trump repeatedly urged during his speech. Trump called for his supporters to "walk down to the Capitol" to "cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we're probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them." He told
16206-418: The journal Psychology of Men and Masculinity , applies especially to Trump. Kimmel was surprised at the sexual turn the 2016 election took and thinks that Trump is for many men a fantasy figure, an uber-male free to indulge every desire. "Many of these guys feel that the current order of things has emasculated them, by which I mean it has taken away their ability to support a family and have great life. Here's
16352-574: The leader (who claims "only I can fix it") unfettered by procedure. The political base is kept entertained with mass rallies, but inevitably the strongman develops a contempt for those he leads. Will argues both are based on machismo , and in the case of Trumpism, "appeals to those in thrall to country-music manliness: 'We're truck-driving, beer-drinking, big-chested Americans too freedom-loving to let any itsy-bitsy [ COVID-19 ] virus make us wear masks.'" Hillary Clinton famously said that "you could put half of Trump's supporters into what I call
16498-448: The leader's instincts over abstract and universal reason". Conservative columnist George Will considers Trumpism similar to fascism, stating that Trumpism is "a mood masquerading as a doctrine". Will argues that national unity is based "on shared domestic dreads"—for fascists the "Jews", for Trump the media ("enemies of the people"), " elites " and " globalists ". Solutions come not from tedious "incrementalism and conciliation", but from
16644-542: The number of Jewish Holocaust victims . The slogan was accompanied by an Eagle and fasces symbol used by the Italian Fascists . The image, which spread on Twitter, prompted the Anti-Defamation League to declare that the "Proud Boys's Bigotry is on Full Display." On December 19, Oath Keepers leader Kelly Meggs placed a call to Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio . One Proud Boy leader posted
16790-428: The only U.S. president to be impeached twice . In February, after Trump had left office, the Senate voted 57–43 in favor of conviction, but fell short of the required two-thirds, resulting in his acquittal. Senate Republicans blocked a bill to create a bipartisan independent commission to investigate the attack, so the House instead approved a select investigation committee. They held nine televised public hearings on
16936-593: The opening of the impeachment trial of Donald Trump on January 16, 2020, Harris delivered remarks on the floor of the Senate, stating her views on the integrity of the American justice system and the principle that nobody, including an incumbent president, is above the law. She later asked Senate Judiciary chairman Lindsey Graham to halt all judicial nominations during the impeachment trial, to which Graham acquiesced. Harris voted to convict Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Harris worked on bipartisan bills with Republican co-sponsors, including
17082-485: The party. Three months later, Governor Jerry Brown endorsed her. In the June 7 primary, Harris came in first with 40% of the vote and won with pluralities in most counties. Harris faced representative and fellow Democrat Loretta Sanchez in the general election. On July 19, President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden endorsed Harris. In the November 2016 election , Harris defeated Sanchez with over 60% of
17228-467: The polls closing, while votes were still being tabulated, Trump declared victory, demanding counting be halted. He began a campaign to subvert the election, through legal challenges and an extralegal effort. Trump's attorneys concluded there was neither a factual foundation nor valid legal argument for challenging the election results. Despite those analyses, Trump sought to overturn the results by filing at least sixty lawsuits, including two that came before
17374-543: The possibility of invoking martial law to "re-run" or reverse the election and appointed a special counsel to find instances of fraud, despite conclusions by federal and state officials that such cases were few or non-existent. Trump ultimately undertook neither step. Trump repeatedly urged Vice President Mike Pence to alter the results and stop Biden from taking office. None of those actions would have been within Pence's constitutional powers as vice president and president of
17520-549: The presidential election, leaders of the Oath Keepers began communicating about a "civil war". On November 9, the leaders held a members-only online conference in which leader Stewart Rhodes outlined a plan to stop the transfer of power, including preparations for using force. The Oath Keepers planned to store "an arsenal" with a "Quick Reaction Force" (QRF) in nearby Alexandria, Virginia. The leaders planned to procure boat transportation so bridge closures could not prevent their entry into D.C. On December 12, about 200 Proud Boys joined
17666-433: The private residence of the President at Trump International with the following patriots who are joining me in a battle for justice and truth". He added David Bossie to the list of attendees. At 7:40 p.m. on January 5, someone wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, a face mask , and Nike Air Max Speed Turf sneakers was filmed carrying a bag through a residential neighborhood on South Capitol Street. At 7:52 p.m.,
17812-580: The radios to specific channels in preparation. Orders were issued to assemble at 10 a.m. at the Washington Monument . Leadership warned members to avoid police and not to drink in public. On January 6, about 100 plainclothes members assembled at the Washington Monument and were led to the Capitol to participate in the attack. The weeks preceding January 6 were filled with predictions of violence by Trump supporters. The attack
17958-446: The rally and spoke around 9 a.m., where he said, "Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass". And later, "Are you willing to do what it takes to fight for America? Louder! Will you fight for America?" Representative Madison Cawthorn said, "This crowd has some fight". Women for America First founder Amy Kremer told attendees, "it is up to you and I to save this Republic" and called on them to "keep up
18104-408: The rally, and was provided with a "VIP pass to the rally where she met with Secret Service agents". The U.S. Secret Service denied that any private citizens had coordinated with it to provide security on January 6. On February 22, she changed her story and said that she interacted with the Secret Service only as she passed through the security check before the rally. Mo Brooks was a featured speaker at
18250-469: The remainder often characterized as "the elite" or "the establishment" in contrast. In response to the rise of Trump, there has arisen a Never Trump movement. The label Trumpism has been applied to national-conservative and national-populist movements in other democracies. Politicians labeled as Trumpist by news agencies include Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, Viktor Orbán of Hungary, Rodrigo Duterte and Bongbong Marcos of
18396-411: The safety of our citizens... By obstructing the use of [Fiscal Year 2018] national security funding and seeking to terminate similar funding from [Fiscal Year 2017], you are personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity. On May 1, 2019, Barr testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee . During the hearing, he remained defiant about the misrepresentations in
18542-552: The state's position in cases involving wrongful convictions and for her office's stance on prison labor. She continued to advocate for progressive reforms, including banning the gay panic defense in California courts and opposing Proposition 8 , the state's same-sex marriage ban. After more than 20 years as a U.S. senator from California, Senator Barbara Boxer announced on January 13, 2015, that she would not run for reelection in 2016. Harris announced her candidacy for
18688-547: The suppressive effects of strict voting and registration laws affected the outcome of the governor's races in Georgia and Florida." In July, Harris teamed with Kirsten Gillibrand to urge the Trump administration to investigate the persecution of Uyghurs in China by the Chinese Communist Party ; in this question she was joined by Senator Marco Rubio . In November, Harris called for an investigation into
18834-524: The very conditions that seem to propel authoritarians toward increasing intolerance. Author and authoritarianism critic Masha Gessen contrasted the "democratic" strategy of the Republican establishment making policy arguments appealing to the public, with the "autocratic" strategy of appealing to an "audience of one" in Donald Trump. Gessen noted the fear of Republicans that Trump would endorse
18980-578: The very people who were supposed to inherit it." Communications scholar Zizi Papacharissi explains the utility of being ideologically vague, and using terms and slogans that can mean anything the supporter wants them to mean. "When these publics thrive in affective engagement it's because they've found an affective hook that's built around an open signifier that they get to use and reuse and re-employ ... MAGA ; that's an open signifier ... it allows them all to assign different meanings to it. So MAGA works for connecting publics that are different, because it
19126-802: The vote, carrying all but four counties. After her victory, she promised to protect immigrants from the policies of President-elect Donald Trump and announced her intention to remain Attorney General through the end of 2016. Harris became the second Black woman and first South Asian American senator in history. As a senator, Harris advocated stricter gun control laws, the DREAM Act , federal legalization of cannabis , and healthcare and taxation reforms. She became well known nationally after questioning several Trump appointees such as Jeff Sessions and Brett Kavanaugh . On January 28, after Trump signed Executive Order 13769 , barring citizens from several Muslim-majority countries from entering
19272-721: The vote. During her second term, she expanded her focus on consumer protection, securing major settlements against corporations like Quest Diagnostics , JPMorgan Chase , and Corinthian Colleges , recovering billions for California consumers. She spearheaded the creation of the Homeowner Bill of Rights to combat aggressive foreclosure practices during the housing crisis, recording multiple nine-figure settlements against mortgage servicers. Harris also worked on privacy rights. She collaborated with major tech companies like Apple , Google , and Facebook to ensure that mobile apps disclosed their data-sharing practices. She created
19418-510: The weak Congresspeople, the ones that aren't any good, the Liz Cheneys of the world". He called upon his supporters to "fight much harder" against "bad people"; told the crowd that "you are allowed to go by very different rules"; said that his supporters were "not going to take it any longer"; framed the moment as the last stand ; suggested that Pence and other Republican officials put themselves in danger by accepting Biden's victory; and told
19564-611: The week. Shyamala was friends with African-American intellectuals and activists in Oakland and Berkeley. In 1976, she accepted a research position at the McGill University School of Medicine , and moved with her daughters to Montreal, Quebec . Kamala graduated from Westmount High School on Montreal Island in 1981. Kamala Harris attended Vanier College in Montreal in 1981–82, and then Howard University ,
19710-632: The years to come. Media intimidation, mass propaganda, voter suppression, court packing, and even armed paramilitaries—many of the necessary and sufficient conditions for an authoritarian devolution are gradually falling into place." Some academics regard such authoritarian backlash as a feature of liberal democracies. Others have argued that Trump is a totalitarian capitalist exploiting the "fascist impulses of his ordinary supporters that hide in plain sight." Michelle Goldberg , an opinion columnist for The New York Times , compares Trumpism to classical fascist themes. The "mobilizing vision" of fascism
19856-531: Was a target of the October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts . In December, the Senate passed the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act (S. 3178), sponsored by Harris. The bill, which died in the House, would have made lynching a federal hate crime. Harris supported busing for desegregation of public schools , saying, "the schools of America are as segregated, if not more segregated, today than when I
20002-497: Was arrested by D.C. police in connection with a prior destruction-of-property charge. Fearing the police would access Tarrio's messaging apps, leadership deleted the group chat and created a new one. Tarrio was released on January 5 and ordered to leave the city. Rather than immediately comply, he traveled to an underground parking garage to meet with Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes. The night of January 5, Proud Boys leaders divided members into teams, passed out radios, and programmed
20148-471: Was elected Attorney General of California in 2010 , becoming the first woman, African American , and South Asian American to hold the office in the state's history. She took office on January 3, 2011, and was reelected in 2014 . She served until resigning on January 3, 2017, to take her seat in the United States Senate . In 2010, Harris announced her candidacy for attorney general and
20294-517: Was endorsed by prominent California Democrats, including U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi . She won the Democratic primary and narrowly defeated Republican nominee Steve Cooley in the general election. Her tenure was marked by significant efforts in consumer protection, criminal justice reform, and privacy rights. In 2014, Harris was reelected, defeating Republican nominee Ronald Gold with 58% of
20440-477: Was erected west of the Capitol, with rioters chanting to "Hang Mike Pence" after he rejected calls to overturn the election results. With building security breached, Capitol Police evacuated and locked down both chambers of Congress and several buildings in the Complex. Rioters occupied the empty Senate chamber while federal law enforcement officers defended the evacuated House floor. Pipe bombs were found at both
20586-479: Was in elementary school." She viewed busing as an option to be considered by school districts, rather than the responsibility of the federal government. Harris was an early co-sponsor of the Green New Deal , a plan to transition the country towards generating 100 percent renewable electricity by 2030. In March 2019, after Special Counsel Robert Mueller submitted his report on Russian interference in
20732-766: Was later said to be "planned in plain sight", with postings on social media even planning for violence on January 6. In response to widespread predictions of violence, D.C. food and lodging establishments with a history of being patronized by the Proud Boys announced temporary closures in an attempt to protect public safety, and the mayor advised residents to stay away from areas near the Mall that might see violence. Members of Congress interfaced with law enforcement to ensure preparations were being made for any upcoming violence. Commentators had long feared that Trump might provoke violence after an electoral loss. For several weeks before January 6, there were over one million mentions of storming
20878-417: Was posted, saying, "I'm thinking it will be literal war on that day. Where we'll storm offices and physically remove and even kill all the D.C. traitors and reclaim the country." That comment was highlighted in a January 2 article by The Daily Beast which reported protesters were discussing bringing guns to the District, breaking into federal buildings, and attacking law enforcement. In the days leading up to
21024-649: Was reported that Sessions, who had previously said he "did not have communications with the Russians", spoke twice with Russian Ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak . In April, Harris voted against the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court . Later that month, she took her first foreign trip to the Middle East, visiting California troops stationed in Iraq and
21170-540: Was shot by Capitol Police , another died of a drug overdose , and three died of natural causes , including a police officer who died of natural causes a day after being assaulted by rioters. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months. Damage caused by attackers exceeded $ 2.7 million. Encouraged by Trump, on January 5 and 6, thousands of his supporters gathered in Washington, D.C., to support his false claims that
21316-402: Was simply "because they are also white Christian nationalists and Trumpism is inter alia a reactionary version of white Christian nationalism." Israeli philosopher Adi Ophir sees the politics of purity in the white Christian nationalist rhetoric of evangelical supporters, such as the comparison of Nehemiah 's wall around Jerusalem to Trump's wall keeping out the enemy, writing, "the notion of
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