Is Our Democracy Broken? This Expert Says No, And Shares His Reasons For Hope

Published: Jan. 8, 2021, 5:47 p.m.

Wednesday, a Trump supporter carried a Confederate flag — a symbol of hate and the Confederacy — through the halls of the U.S. Capitol during a violent insurrection. The stark visual came after President Trump incited right wing extremists to storm the building, breaking windows and doors, fighting with Capitol Police in order to force their way in.