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The U.S. marks one year since the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack. In the year since, Congress continues to be deeply divided.
Rather than a national crisis that pulls the country together, the deadly riot on Jan. 6, 2021, only seems to have pushed lawmakers further apart.
Some members are planning to mark the anniversary of the Capitol insurrection with a moment of silence. Others will spend the day educating Americans on the workings of democracy.
And still others don’t think the deadliest domestic attack on Congress in the nation's history needs to be remembered at all.
Where they stand on remembrance can be largely attributed to their political party, a jarring discord that shows the country's lawmakers remain strikingly at odds over how to unify a torn nation.
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Here's what lawmakers are doing to remember Jan. 6, 2021 (All times are EST):
12:30 p.m.
Republican leaders and lawmakers are largely staying away from the day's remembrance events, viewing them as overly politicized.
From Florida, Trump dashed off a statement claiming Biden was trying to “further divide America. This political theater is all just a distraction.”
Even among congressional Republicans who condemned the attack in the days afterward, most have stayed loyal to the former president.
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