On the anniversary of the chaos, correspondents who covered the scene discuss how the moment changed American politics: 'We crossed some kind of rubicon in what is acceptable to some portion of the country.'
What happened next, of course, shattered that sense of security. A mob of Trump supporters, having walked to the Capitol building from a nearby rally, surrounded the building and ultimately forced their way in.
“We went straight from the attack to the impeachment to covering the Capitol as it existed in a world where quickly the two sides stopped agreeing on what really happened that day. January 6 is still present in the Capitol, in a meaningful way. It never stopped,” says Haake. “I do think there is a certain degree of gaslighting that happens from some Republicans who try to downplay what we all went through that day, and it started immediately,” Haake says. “I remember being in the tunnel that night and asking [Sen.] Ron Johnson [R-Wisc.] what happened and whether he felt like the president had any responsibility for what happened, and he told me, in that moment, ‘no.
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