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One year after thousands of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to protest and disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, the results of a new national UMass Amherst Poll released Dec. 28 show 71% of Republicans – and one-third of the nation – continue to believe that Biden’s victory was illegitimate, and that Republicans continue to blame Democrats, Antifa and the Capitol Police for the events of Jan. 6. They also oppose both the continuation of law enforcement efforts to prosecute the rioters and attempts to learn more about what happened that day. (WCVB-TV 5 Boston [1], WBUR Radio [2], The Hill [3], Yahoo!News [4], 12/28/21; MassLive [5], MSNBC “The Rachel Maddow Show” [6], MSNBC.com [7], Black Information Network Radio [8], The Washington Times [9], 12/29/21; Newsweek [10], The Hill [11], Yahoo!News [12], Mediaite [13], PoliticusUSA [14], OAN TV [15], Gateway Pundit [16], Newsmax [17], The Hill [18], Yahoo!News [19], St. Louis Post-Dispatch [20], 12/30/21; ABC Radio News [21], 12/31/21; Newsweek [22], 1/1/22; MassLive [23], Yahoo!News [24], St. Louis Post-Dispatch [25], Chico Enterprise-Record [26] [Calif.], 1/2/22; Spokane Spokesman-Review [27] [Wash.], 1/3/22; News Office release [28])
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