Enduring lies

cnn Facts First, 2022/01/04/
= Fact check: Five enduring lies about the Capitol insurrection =
* Link Fact check: Five enduring lies about the Capitol insurrection By Daniel Dale and Marshall Cohen. 
The Capitol insurrection was based on a lie about the 2020 election. And for a whole year now, the insurrection itself has been lied about. Trump, some right-wing media figures and some Republican members of Congress have mounted a sustained effort to rewrite the history of that deadly day. Here is a fact check of five of the most enduring lies about January 6, 2021. 
Lie: The rioters were completely unarmed
Lie: The rioters were merely protesting a 'rigged' election 
 
Lie: The rioters were invited into the Capitol by police 
Lie: The jailed rioters are nonviolent political prisoners
Lie: January 6 was a false flag attack
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