It is worth remembering that occupying a legislature can be an act of democracy. We in the United States might need to do it again.
Donald Trump
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The mob at the Capitol was reality’s revenge upon the Republican Party
Will the Republican Party reject the counterfeit politics of conspiracy and fantasy? If not, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., the violence of Jan. 6 will not be an isolated event.
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‘Democracy under siege’: Catholics around the world express shock at the attack on Capitol Hill
The breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world.
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Watch: How to make spiritual sense of the attack on the Capitol
“Yesterday revealed a deep part of who we are as Americans,” said Father Bryan Massingale, in an interview with America’s editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J.
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How to make spiritual sense of the attack on the Capitol
Fr. Bryan Massingale, professor of theological ethics at Fordham University, joins Matt Malone, S.J., to discuss yesterday’s attack on the nation’s capital. For all of America‘s video coverage, you can visit youtube.com/americamag More from America The Racist Attack on Our Nation’s Capitol ‘This has got to stop’: Catholic leaders react to Trump supporters’ attack on the Capitol [Want to discuss […]
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Trump supporters storm U.S. Capitol as lawmakers are evacuated
The protesters were egged on for weeks by Trump, who since the November presidential election had launched a barrage of false attacks on the integrity of the results.
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‘This has got to stop’: Catholic leaders react to Trump supporters’ attack on the Capitol
“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but…also as a Catholic bishop.”
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The Racist Attack on Our Nation’s Capitol
What we saw today is a clear declaration that many white people would rather live in a white dictatorship than in a multiracial democracy.
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After the storming of the Capitol: We need accountability, repentance and a reckoning
The president of the United States today incited a riot in the nation’s capital. What comes next?
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Religious leaders: Reject the attempt to overturn election results for Trump
Dozens of Catholics were among more than 2,000 religious and community leaders who urged Congress to reject any effort to overturn the results of November’s presidential election.