Over the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, people in charge of elections in both major parties have warned that his continued peddling of falsehoods about elections could one day lead to violence.
Now, as a mob took over the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, those predictions have come true.
“Every elected leader who helped spread lies about American elections paved the way to today,” said Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold.
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