January 6 Capitol Riot: on Education


Kristi Noem: Root cause of insurrection was lack of civic education

Noem blamed an inadequate education in American civics as "the root cause" of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, while making no mention of President Donald Trump's role in the attack that sent Congress into hiding. The Republican governor is a close ally of the president and supported his efforts to contest the results of the presidential election. Since Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, Noem has tried to deflect blame from the president while calling for an end to political violence. "We have an opportunity to address the root cause of this problem: we must reform young Americans' civic education," Noem said.

In a recent op-ed in The Federalist, she responded to Republicans blaming Trump for the attacks by saying, "If that's all we get out of this, our future will be no different than our past." Noem called the storming of the Capitol appalling and "horrible to watch." But she did not address Trump's false allegations for weeks that the election had been stolen.

Source: Associated Press on Jan. 6th insurrection Jan 15, 2021

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