Fears of White People Losing Out Permeate Capitol Rioters’ Towns, Study Finds

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Hundreds of people in a pro-Trump mob breached the Capitol on Jan. 6. The political scientist Robert Pape set out to find what motivated them.Credit...Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Counties with the most significant declines in the non-Hispanic white population were the most likely to be homes to people who stormed the Capitol.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/06/us/politics/capitol-riot-study.html