Mob at US Capitol encouraged by online conspiracy theories


Pro-Trump protesters storm the US Capitol building to contest the certification of the 2020 US presidential election results by Congress, in Washington, D.C., US. Dozens of QAnon social media accounts spent the days leading up to the D.C. rally hyping up Jan 6, expressing hope that the election results would be overturned. — Reuters

CHICAGO: Every video the Louisiana man posts on Twitter and Facebook starts with a big smile and a wish for his thousands of followers to have a blessed day.

But as he drove to the nation’s capital Tuesday morning, he grew loud and angry talking about the presidential election.

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