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The following lawmakers and other individuals objected to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election by supporting protests and rallies claiming that the election had been ‘stolen.’
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About Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), a far-right evangelical christian, is serving his first term in the U.S. Senate after being elected in 2019. Raised in rural Missouri, he taught at the University of Missouri Law School for several years before getting into politics by winning the race for attorney general in Missouri. Shortly after assuming office … Read more
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About Darrell Issa (R-Ca.) has represented California’s 48th, 49th and most recently, 50th Congressional districts in the U.S House of Representatives since 2001. He is a member of both the far-right House Freedom Caucus and the Republican Study Committee, and won his 11th term in 2022—with Trump’s endorsement—in the solidly Republican 48th district. From 1982 … Read more
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About Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) was first sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 3, 2021, representing Texas’ 13th Congressional District. He ran for his second term in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his solidly Republican district. A medical doctor, he has called the Omicron variant of Covid the “Midterm Election … Read more
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Members of the Proud Boys were among the approximately 100 people who gathered in front of the Florida state Capitol in Tallahassee on Jan. 6, 2021 to protest Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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Roughly 200 protestors demonstrated against President Biden’s electoral victory in front of the Idaho statehouse in Boise on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Approximately 200 demonstrators gathered at the statehouse in Topeka on Jan. 6, 2021 to protest President Biden’s electoral victory.
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Shortly after the mob stormed the Capitol in Washington, a group of Trump supporters gathered in front of Nevada’s statehouse in Carson City to protest President Biden’s electoral victory.
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Based on the violence that had already erupted in Washington that day, the New Mexico statehouse in Santa Fe was largely evacuated as a precaution on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Pro-Trump protesters marched on the Utah statehouse on Jan. 6, 2021 as chaos unfolded in Washington, D.C.
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About Trent Kelly (R-Miss.) is an attorney who has represented Mississippi’s 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since winning a special runoff election in June 2015. A member of the conservative Republican Study Group, he ran for reelection in 2022 with Trump’s endorsement and won in his solidly Republican district. Previously, Kelly served … Read more