New York (CNN Business) The Capitol insurrection didn't come out of thin air: It was a result of rage and a web of delusion that many supporters of President Donald Trump are entangled in. "A web of delusion had real life consequences on Wednesday and it will continue to have real-life consequences ," CNN's Chief Media Correspondent Brian Stelter said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday. A large number of Trump followers cleaved to misinformation they were fed by the president, right-wing media and social media platforms. That led some to believe the most extreme creed imaginable: that Trump was "an agent of God," reported The Atlantic's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg , who spoke to Trump supporters ahead of the Capitol siege on January 6. "Many people I talked to were completely untethered from observable reality," Goldberg told Stelter Sunday.

Source: CNN January 10, 2021 16:41 UTC