Trump’s Enduring Hold on Display in House Vote
Police in riot gear sit in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.
Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/BloombergWhile the world watched the violent mob assault on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, some of Donald Trump’s most ardent supporters were privately expressing concern that the then-president’s silence would come back to haunt him — and them.
“The president needs to tell people in the Capitol to go home...this is hurting all of us...he is destroying his legacy,” Fox News host Laura Ingraham texted Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that day, according to the congressional panel investigating the attack.