Democrats Take the Senate, and a Mob Storms the Capitol

About this episode

<p><span>On January 6th, </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-capitol-invaders-enjoyed-the-privilege-of-not-being-taken-seriously"><span>pro-Trump fanatics</span></a> <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/mob-rule-in-the-capitol"><span>stormed the Capitol</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/this-violent-insurrection-is-what-trump-wanted"><span>galvanized by the President’s claims</span></a><span> that the 2020 election had been stolen. That day, Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/campaign-chronicles/trump-and-the-gop-lost-georgia-and-black-voters-won-it"><span>declared the victors</span></a><span> of their respective Senate runoff races against Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue, two champions of </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-journal/georgia-trump-fans-say-the-2020-election-was-a-sham-will-they-vote-in-this-one"><span>Trump’s incendiary theories</span></a><span>. </span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/charles-bethea"><span>Charles Bethea</span></a><span>, a </span><i><span>New Yorker</span></i><span> staff writer based in Atlanta, joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss whether this is the end of an era or just the beginning.</span></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>