A nation besieged by a deadly pandemic and beset by the awful and divisive rhetoric of a man too small for the office entrusted him or the task set before it. The day after my January 5th election, he instigated an insurrection, a violent assault on our nation's capital and the peaceful transfer of power, all driven by the big lie. But behind the big lie was an even bigger lie. It is the lie that this increasingly diverse American electorate does not get to determine the future of the country. (03:22–03:40)
CLAIM
Asserts that the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, was instigated by Donald Trump and driven by false claims about the election.
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