20 years before the January 6 attack on the capitol, a Republican mob attacked a central hub of government operations claiming the vote count in the presidential election that year was fraudulent, and trying to reverse the results. That was the “Brooks Brothers Riot” in Miami, a Republican effort long before Trump. Chris Lehmann reviews that history; he’s DC Bureau chief for The Nation.

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