In the case of Tuesday's attack on the Capitol, the crowd thought they were unheard because a group of Republicans and right-wing conspiracy nuts have told them

In the case of Tuesday's attack on the Capitol, the crowd thought they were unheard because a group of Republicans and right-wing conspiracy nuts have told them so. They were being heard for the last four years, with a Republican President and Senate. But some Republicans, including Trump, had invested so much in the underdog victim persona they lied to keep it up.