People who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their President, and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole, which the defeated President kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.
Senator Mitch McConnell identifies the belief of the Capitol rioters that they were following the former President's instructions as a consequence of his rhetoric.
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