Jan. 6: Ultimately a success?

There’s a new official narrative about what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, said Cameron Peters in Vox, and “it’s bonkers.” On the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol, the White House’s website debuted a new section telling a story completely at odds with reality. Instead of a coup attempt egged on by Donald Trump, we learn that it was a gathering of “peaceful, patriotic protesters” righteously upset by a “stolen” election. The real villains were House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Capitol Police...