Kimmel on Trump's whitewashing of January 6 anniversary: Don't give in to this revisionist history'

"Five years ago today, after losing what eventually judges from both sides in cities all around the country unanimously declared to be a free and fair election, Donald Trump tried to overthrow our government in a pathetic and illegal attempt to stay in the White House, he said. And there's no other way to put it. You cannot look at the facts objectively and come to any conclusion other than that."

"He tried to force the vice-president to claim voter fraud and refuse to certify Joe Biden's victory, which even his own vice-president refused to do, he continued. And even when Mike Pence chose the constitution over his running mate, Trump got his supporters all riled up and sent them to the Capitol, where they staged a violent, deadly riot which he enjoyed from the comfort of his office for hours on television,"

The fifth anniversary of the January 6 insurrection prompted renewed recounting of attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and pressure on the vice president to falsely declare voter fraud. Judges across the country had unanimously affirmed the election as free and fair. The vice president chose the Constitution over political pressure, but supporters were incited and sent to the Capitol, where they staged a violent, deadly riot observed on television for hours. The events are described as selfish, disgraceful, tyrannical and dangerous, with cautions against revisionist history. A White House webpage framed Democrats as the real insurrectionists and praised pardons for participants. A commemorative plaque for law-enforcement defenders was not installed amid House leadership decisions, and Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro appeared in a US court for his first day.

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