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Friday Nite Videos | January 8, 2021

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'May My Story Be an Inspiration': Warnock's Victory Speech. Ossoff Claims Victory in Georgia Senate Runoff. How Trump’s Capitol Speech Incited an Insurrection. Police Treatment of MAGA Mob vs. BLM Protesters. Stop Saying 'This Is Not Who We Are.'

House Democrats to Introduce Article of Impeachment vs Trump

Rebecca Kaplan, Kathryn Watson, Grace Segers CBS News
The bill has nearly 160 cosponsors, a sign of the broad support among House Democrats to take action in the wake of the violence at the Capitol. It says Trump should be removed and disqualified from holding public office again.

Far-Right Activists Telegraphed Violence Weeks in Advance

Alex Newhouse The Conversation
This violence was fomented in the open, and not for the first time. Right-wing activists have made a habit of organizing in the open and galvanizing supporters to express their desire for violent confrontation.

Riotous Republican Lawmakers

Emma Coleman Route-Fifty
Republican state lawmakers from across the country traveled to D.C. on Wednesday. At least one joined the siege of the U.S. Capitol Building.

The Confederacy Finally Stormed the Capitol

Elie Mystal The Nation
President Trump should be impeached, removed from office, and then arrested for inciting his supporters to besiege and invade the US Capitol. Because the rioters were white, they were allowed to walk away. But just imagine if they had been Black.
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