But they all joined him in pretending nothing much had happened and objecting to the investigation of the day’s events. In the immediate aftermath, the then Senate majority leader, Mitch McConnell, was angry and shaken, declaring: “The mob was fed lies. Lies are broken contracts, in which words misrepresent what the speaker knows; they aim to delude, exploit and divide. That strength is precarious, so lies have be piled atop lies to keep accountability at a distance. The Republicans who helped the failed coup along and then dismissed its import are preparing to do it better next time.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 21:04 UTC