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‘Burn the Chambers!’: Stop the Steal Facebook Groups Erupt Amid Capitol Building Siege
Dozens of other members of the group baselessly claimed that Trump supporters at the Capitol were antifa
As thousands of President Donald Trump supporters descended on Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, hundreds of them breaking through barriers and into the Capitol building, far-right Facebook groups exploded in outright calls for violence against Democratic lawmakers and over the counting of electoral votes for President-elect Joe Biden.
“Burn the chambers!” one member of a private Stop the Steal Facebook group wrote on Wednesday.
“I hope all the dems suffer!!! Hope you get what you deserve!!!” wrote another person in the group, which has more than 16,000 members. “Trump will pardon all the patriots [sic],” a third person responded.
For months, Trump supporters have been coordinating protests over the presidential election results on social media platforms. In November, Facebook removed several…
