"On the fifth anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, there is no official event to memorialize what happened that day, when the mob made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue, battled police at the Capitol barricades and stormed inside, as lawmakers fled. The political parties refuse to agree to a shared history of the events, which were broadcast around the globe. And the official plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol has never been hung."
"Trump, during a lengthy morning speech to House Republicans convening away from the Capitol at the rebranded Kennedy Center now carrying his own name, shifted blame for Jan. 6 onto the rioters themselves. The president said he had intended only for his supporters to go "peacefully and patriotically" to confront Congress as it certified Biden's win. He blamed the media for focusing on other parts of his speech that day."
Five years after President Donald Trump urged supporters to head to the Capitol, rioters descended on the seat of U.S. power, battled police, and stormed the Capitol as lawmakers fled. No official event or bipartisan agreement commemorates the fifth anniversary, and the plaque honoring the police who defended the Capitol remains unhung. The day featured split observances: Trump addressed House Republicans and shifted blame to rioters while criticizing media coverage, Democrats reconvened members of the Jan. 6 investigative committee to recall the history, and former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio summoned a march retracing the rioters' steps.
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