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PolitiFact says: Some legal challenges and other guidance from state officials may have come close to the election, but characterizing them as "outside actors" is misleading.
FactCheck.org says: Trump repeatedly promoted the event to his millions of followers on Twitter & Facebook, including videos and images, to attract a large crowd and put pressure on Congress to block Biden as the electoral college victor.
FactCheck.org says: Trump’s claim that he acted quickly is contradicted by news reports citing unnamed sources who say the president initially resisted efforts to bring in the National Guard at the outset of the Capitol riot.
PolitiFact says: Republican lawmakers still have multiple ways to communicate with constituents, including social media, as long as they follow platform policies. They can also send out mass emails and newsletters, hold online town halls
PolitiFact says: The rumor, which tells people to stock up on food and water and warns against traveling to large cities, was initially promoted by known conspiracy theorists and has no basis in truth.
PolitiFact says: Donald Trump’s second impeachment attracted more Republican support — 10 GOP floor votes in favor — than the impeachments of Andrew Johnson or Bill Clinton, or Trump’s first impeachment.
FactCheck.org says: A digitally manipulated letter referring to a “Democratic Play book” and attributed to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been circulating online, contributing to partisan rancor following the riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
PolitiFact says: If the House votes to impeach Trump, he would not automatically lose his post-presidency perks. Two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote to convict Trump while he’s still in office.
PolitiFact says: This is wrong. The clip showed the opening of a brief session when the presiding officer, in this case Nancy Pelosi, was absent and appointed a “Speaker pro tempore.”
PolitiFact says: There were signs that unrest could come with both groups, but only the BLM protesters nearly immediately faced police in riot gear with shields deploying chemical agents.