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White, employed and mainstream: What we know about the Jan. 6 rioters one year later

Political scientist Robert Pape has found that unlike other extremists he's studied, most of the Jan. 6 rioters were older, employed, and few are members of hate groups.
Rioters on the West Front at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (John Minchillo/AP)

It will be months before the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol will release its first report on what they’re finding out about the causes of that day’s deadly violence.

Polls out on Monday show that different segments of American society view what happened that day very differently.

For a year now, the images of people storming the Capitol to stop President Biden’s election certification have played over and over. And while most people have formed opinions about the people involved, one

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