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A year on, the storming of the Capitol becomes just another wedge in a divided America

By Peter Baker
New York Times·
8 mins to read
A year on, the storming of the Capitol becomes just another wedge in a divided America
President Donald Trump speaks to a rally in front of the White House before his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6 last year. Photo / Pete Marovich, New York Times

For a day or two or maybe a week after the can-you-believe-this-is-happening-in-America events of a year ago, there were those who thought that the shock to the system might upend politics in a profound way.

That the country might speak as one against an attempt to overturn democracy. That the

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