What Happened on January 6th, 2021? Part 1

12. To what kind of natural disaster is the presidential election of 2020 compared, necessitating the boarding up of businesses in and around DC?

13. How are the police charged with guarding the Capitol building where the election was being certified described?

14. Aside from Ashli Babbitt, who was shot attempting to breach the Speaker’s Lobby adjacent to House chambers, how many rioters are described as having died as a result of the melee?

15. What fraction of the Republican Party views the 2020 election as having been stolen? What percentage views violence as justified to "save the country?"

16. What two events are described as bookends to this political era?

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