"The unveiling of a new White House website on Tuesday that attempted to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S. Capitol sparked immediate outrage and numerous comparisons to George Orwell's dystopian novel about authoritarianism, Nineteen Eighty-Four. The website (www.whitehouse.gov/j6) omits numerous facts about President Donald Trump's culpability in baselessly claiming the 2020 election was fraudulent, inspiring the riot,"
"Other ludicrous falsehoods include characterizing the rioters as wholly peaceful, claiming Pence could have and should have prevented the certification of the Electoral College votes, claiming Ashli Babbitt was murdered in cold blood, and insisting the election was stolen. All in all, the website contains an exhaustively long list of misrepresentations, conspiracy theories, insults, baseless claims, and flat-out lies that were thoroughly debunked years ago, and the fact it was hosted on an official government website horrified numerous commentators."
A White House webpage attempted to recast the events of January 6, 2021, omitting key facts about President Donald Trump's role in promoting false claims about the 2020 election and actions that incited the riot. The site shifted blame to Democrats, critics of Trump, and the Capitol Police, while presenting demonstrably false claims that rioters were wholly peaceful, that Pence could have prevented certification, that Ashli Babbitt was murdered in cold blood, and that the election was stolen. The page compiled numerous debunked misrepresentations and conspiracy theories, prompting sharp criticism and alarm over its presence on an official government website.
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