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America First Works is a nonprofit founded shortly after Trump’s inauguration in 2017 to help support his priorities. The group changed its name from America First Policies after Trump lost in 2020 and in gearing up for the 2024 election, it merged with a think tank called America First Policy Institute.
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The attack began around 2 pm on Jan. 6, 2021, shortly after Trump finished speaking at the March to Save America rally, where he urged his supporters to proceed to the Capitol and “fight like hell” to stop the certification of the Electoral College results underway in a joint session of Congress.
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Patrick Byrne is a conspiracy theorist and the founder of Overstock, an internet furniture store. In 2019, he resigned as CEO of Overstock after his ex-girlfriend Maria Butina was outed as a Russian spy. In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Byrne became an outspoken proponent of unfounded claims of ballot tampering and a stolen election.
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Cindy Chafian is a longtime conservative political activist who founded the Eighty Percent Coalition (EPC) shortly before the Jan. 6 insurrection—after allegedly being sidelined by the Women for America First organization that she had worked for on and off since 2019.
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Scott Chafian is a retired U.S. Naval officer and husband of conservative activist Cindy Chafian, founder of the Eighty Percent Coalition (EPC), a group she established in support of Trump after he lost the 2020 presidential election.
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About Let the Church ROAR! was a political and religious rally held on Dec. 12, 2020 on the National Mall and at the Capitol in Washington. Rally-goers criticized perceived corruption and fraud in the 2020 presidential election and called for declaring Trump the rightful winner. The event was organized through a partnership between Jericho March and … Read more
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The March to Save America was the key rally at the Ellipse in Washington prior to the violent assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The event is also often referred to as the Save America March or Stop the Steal rally.
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Steve Marshall (R) has served as Alabama’s attorney general since 2017 and readily won reelection in 2022 given the Republican dominance in the state.
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The Million MAGA March (also known as Stop the Steal and the March for Trump) was a political rally in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 14, 2020 with thousands (not remotely close to the “million” proclaimed in the title of the event) of participants who insisted that Trump had won the 2020 presidential election.
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About Women for America First is a 501(c)4 organization founded by conservative Tea Party activists Amy and Kylie Kremer (mother and daughter) in 2019 as part of an effort to prevent the first impeachment of former President Trump. According to OpenSecrets, Women for America First submitted the permit for the March to Save America rally … Read more