14% Of GOP Voters Say Trump Is Responsible For Riot

The Washington Post reports:

Republicans are showing increasing loyalty to the former president as he campaigns for reelection and fights criminal charges over his attempt to stay in power after losing in 2020.

They are now less likely to believe that Jan. 6 participants were “mostly violent,” less likely to believe Trump bears responsibility for the attack and are slightly less likely to view Joe Biden’s election as legitimate than they were in a December 2021 Post-UMD survey.

In follow-up interviews, some said their views have changed because they now believe the riot was instigated by law enforcement to suppress political dissent — a baseless conspiracy theory that has been promoted heavily in right-wing media and by Trump in his speeches.

Read the full article. Per the poll, 31% of Republican voters say they believe Biden was legitimately elected. Only 14% say Trump is responsible for the insurrection, a decrease from 27% when that question was last asked. 71% of all polled voters say Trump will not accept losing the 2024 election. Gift link here.

Republicans are less likely to believe those who stormed the Capitol were “mostly violent” and less likely to believe Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6, a Post-UMD survey found. https://t.co/bjEydbi89P

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 2, 2024