Nearly a year after the Jan. 6 siege only about 4 in 10 Republicans recall the attack by supporters of former Pres. Trump as very violent or extremely violent, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
ABC News’ Devin Dwyer reports from Rocky Mount, Virginia, home of two former law enforcement officials charged in the Jan. 6 attack, and the political divide that remains in the small town.WASHINGTON -- The fighting — so primitive and ferocious that one Capitol Police officer described it as “medieval” and another as a “trip to hell” — left more than 100 law enforcement personnel injured, some beaten with their own weapons.
The findings reflect the country’s political polarization, with a false portrayal of the siege taking hold despite extensive footage that shows the ransacking of the building in harrowing detail. Trump and some allies in Congress and conservative media have played it down, falsely characterizing the attack as a minor civil disturbance.
Meanwhile, the percentage of Americans who blame Trump for the Jan. 6 riot has grown slightly over the past year, with 57% saying he bears significant responsibility for what took place. In an AP-NORC poll taken in the days after the attack, 50% said that. Trump promoted the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the attack, predicting it would be “wild,” and in a speech that day urged his supporters to “fight like hell” as Congress convened to certify the election results. The attack halted that process for hours as rioters occupied the building.
Robert Spry, a Democrat in Kingman, Arizona, said the congressional investigation is crucial for getting at the truth.
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