Half of Republicans believe deadly US Capitol riot was 'non-violent': Reuters/Ipsos poll

Three months after the January 6 riot, about half of Republicans believe the Capitol Hill siege was largely a non-violent protest or was the handiwork of left-wing activists “trying to make Donald Trump look bad.”

Since the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection at the US Capitol, former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies have pushed false and misleading accounts to downplay the event that left five dead and scores of others wounded. His supporters appear to have listened. UPDATE: Here is the latest information. pic.twitter.com/GOVaMv8EXk In the last five years, the GOP has undergone a coalitional transformation and is now the party of the working class.We should embrace that. Not fight it.https://t.co/rjRegPoX2d Three months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to try to overturn his November election loss, about half of Republicans believe the siege was largely a non-violent protest or was the handiwork of left-wing activists “trying to make Trump look bad,” a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has found. Six in 10 Republicans also believe the false claim put out by Trump that November’s presidential election “was stolen” from him due to widespread voter fraud, and the same proportion of Republicans think he should run again in 2024, the March 30-31 poll showed.