‘ALL OVER THE INTERNET’
Following a roughly two-hour wait, according to Lindell, he finally met with White House attorneys who dismissed his claims but said they would “look into it.”
Will Sommer is a tech reporter for The Daily Beast. He previously worked as a campaign editor at The Hill, and as a political columnist for Washington City Paper.
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‘SORE LOSER’
“This is banana republic shit,” wrote one editor at the staunchly pro-Trump outlet, in response to colleagues downplaying or excusing the violence during last week’s MAGA mob.
PARANOIA
“This is an infiltration and setup tactic used to incite violence and blame us,” wrote one group, which organized a Minnesota “Storm the Capitol” event on Jan 6.
WORDS MATTER
On Sunday night, Twitter banned Ali Alexander’s personal account and an account for “Stop the Steal.”
QRACKDOWN
The social media giant also banned Ron Watkins, a former administrator of 8kun who had become a leading figure in post-election conspiracy theories.
Aloha
The far-right provocateur and failed state candidate posted at least one selfie of himself at the deadly assault.
‘SO THAT'S IT? IT’S OVER?’
Some of the president's most diehard fans refused to believe that Trump would commit to a peaceful transition of power and assumed the video was a ‘deepfake’ hoax.
NICE TRY
“XRVision takes pride in its technology’s precision and deems the Washington Times publication as outright false, misleading, and defamatory,” the company's statement read,
INSANE
After the president told his irate supporters to “fight” for him, rioters marched to the Capitol and violently breached the building.
No Hope Left
With Congress set to make his defeat even more official and irreversible, legions of potentially violent fanatics tried to storm the Capitol.
