Author: Associated Press

Experts: Capitol riot product of years of hateful rhetoric

COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) – Experts on far-right extremism say the storming of the U.S. Capitol is a jarring but natural product of years of violence and hateful rhetoric stoked by disinformation and conspiracy theories. Members of the Proud Boys and other far-right groups joined the crowds that formed in Washington on Wednesday to cheer on President Donald Trump as…