Shadow attack on the US Capitolof which will be celebrated this Saturday three yearslooms over the race for President elections November, becoming a weapon between the incumbent president, Joe Bidenand his predecessor, Donald Trumpaccused of inciting the said attack.
While it’s too early to know for sure how the attack will affect voters when they go to the polls, different narratives Biden and Trump reflect how the event is perceived differently depending on political affiliation.
The reality is that January 6, 2021Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to… interrupt a parliamentary session in which he was going confirm Biden’s victory in the 2020 elections, forcing lawmakers into hiding and police to confront attackers.
Five people died Then four police officers committed suicide, 1,250 people were charged and decisions had already been made. 890 convictions.
This event could influence Trump’s participation in the presidential election Starting this Friday, the US Supreme Court took up the case to exclude the former president of the Republican primaries from the Republican Party in Colorado.
The decision leaves the court facing the challenge of determining the national position on whether Trump can run or whether the role he played in the attack on the Capitol makes him inadmissible.
Cases against Trump
One of Trump himself is accused of attackwho is facing criminal charges in the federal court of the US capital for disrupting the peaceful transfer of power to Biden spreading false theories about election fraud.
Face a similar case in Georgiawhere the prosecution characterized Trump as some kind of mob boss who used all sorts of tactics to try and fail to force state election authorities to commit fraud.
Trump, who He pleaded not guiltyalso faces the possibility of being excluded from the GOP primary. Maine And ColoradoTwo states likely to vote for Biden in November have already disqualified him, and now the Supreme Court – with a conservative majority – will decide at the federal level.
Expulsion is carried out on the basis Third Section of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.approved in 1868 after the American Civil War to prevent the rise to power of southern Confederate rebels who had sworn allegiance to Magna Carta and then betrayed it.
Found stories
Despite the large number of cases against Trump, his base remains true and it’s done echo of conspiracy theories who baselessly claim that the attack on the Capitol was incited by a group of anti-fascist protesters or even by the FBI itself.
Trump described how “beautiful” day of attack and called “Great Patriots” to those who participated. At some of his rallies, he performed a version of the national anthem supposedly sung by jailed protesters.
Against, Biden described Trump as threat to democracy and his campaign is currently investing half a million dollars to air ads that include images of the attack in key states such as Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
“Something dangerous is happening in America. “There is an extremist movement that does not share the fundamental beliefs of our democracy,” Biden says in the TV ad.
Changes in public opinion
These narratives have left their mark on public opinion, with a growing number of voters, especially Republicans, saying that Trump is not directly responsible attacks.
Immediately after the attack, 52% of Americans I thought Trump had “great responsibility in fact, but that figure has already dropped to 43% at the start of 2022, according to Pew Research Center.
Another poll released this week Washington Post And University of Maryland reflects what Republicans show growing loyalty to Trump: Only two in ten think the storming of the Capitol was violent, and only three in ten think Biden’s election was legitimate.
But the key to the election will lie less in public opinion and more in the perception of a handful of voters in the key states of Nevada, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Georgia, who Ultimately they will decide who gets into the White House.said EFE Teacher Michael Cornfieldbelonging George Washington University.
In many cases, these voters consider themselves “independents” without a clear political affiliation and They hesitate between Trump and Biden.
According to Kornfield, it turns out difficult to determine this early in the campaign whether the attack will be the deciding factor in their vote or whether issues such as abortion and inflation will ultimately prove more pressing.
The storming of the Capitol in the history books
Beyond the election, how the attack on the Capitol will be reflected in the history books remains to be determined.
Professor Aaron Kall, University of Michiganassumes that The party divide is likely to narrow over time.especially after Trump leaves the political scene.
“As the Trump era comes to an end, it is likely that this division will diminish, although it will always be hidden,” he said.
To this day, the division remains and the storming of the Capitol remains an episode that brings emotions to the surface in American society.