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The Guardian - US
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MacKenzie Ryan

‘We must defeat them’: new evidence details Oath Keepers’ ‘civil war’ timeline

Members of the Oath Keepers are seen among the mob that attacked the Capitol on 6 January.
Members of the Oath Keepers are seen among the mob that attacked the Capitol on 6 January. Photograph: Jim Bourg/Reuters

It was just two days after the presidential election that his preferred candidate Donald Trump lost, and Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes fired off a text to members of his extremist group.

“We aren’t getting through this without a civil war,” the text read.

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