“It’s Quite High Octane, Intense Stuff”: Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Day Of Rage’ Documents Exactly How January 6 Insurrection Unfolded
deadline.comIn the year and six days since the violent insurrection in the nation’s capital, former President Trump and his Republican allies have consistently attempted to downplay the attack on the citadel of democracy.A “normal tourist visit” is how Republican Rep.
Andrew Clyde of Georgia has characterized aspects of the frenzied assault. Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin has denied the attack amounted to an armed revolt and said most of those who breached the U.S.
Capitol weren’t violent and “stayed within the roped lines in the Rotunda.”But there’s a problem with this attempted spin: video evidence.
No one has done as much to document what occurred on January 6, 2021 as the Visual Investigations team at the New York Times, which produced the short documentary Day of Rage.
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