Ayesha Roscoe

Heath, thank you so much for bringing this reporting to us. It's very illuminating. So thank you so much. Thanks for having me. Keith Drusen is the host and creator of the Extremely American podcast series from Boise State Public Radio. You can hear both seasons of the show at NPR.org or wherever you listen to podcasts. This episode of The Sunday Story was produced by Justine Yan.

It was edited by Jenny Schmidt. Kweisi Lee mastered the episode. Special thanks to Boise State Public Radio, who partnered with Heath on Extremely American, James Dawson, Heath's co-reporter and sound designer on the season, and Extremely American editor Morgan Springer. The Sunday Story team includes Andrew Mambo and our senior supervising producer, Liana Simstrom.

It was edited by Jenny Schmidt. Kweisi Lee mastered the episode. Special thanks to Boise State Public Radio, who partnered with Heath on Extremely American, James Dawson, Heath's co-reporter and sound designer on the season, and Extremely American editor Morgan Springer. The Sunday Story team includes Andrew Mambo and our senior supervising producer, Liana Simstrom.

It was edited by Jenny Schmidt. Kweisi Lee mastered the episode. Special thanks to Boise State Public Radio, who partnered with Heath on Extremely American, James Dawson, Heath's co-reporter and sound designer on the season, and Extremely American editor Morgan Springer. The Sunday Story team includes Andrew Mambo and our senior supervising producer, Liana Simstrom.

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So there were clearly people committing violence or wanting to see violence. And there were hundreds encouraging it, pushing it forward. While hundreds more, you know, they were just kind of watching this all take place. So there were people of all sorts of motivations. And we should say not everyone destroyed property or was physically violent, but most of them had one thing in common, Ayesha.

So there were clearly people committing violence or wanting to see violence. And there were hundreds encouraging it, pushing it forward. While hundreds more, you know, they were just kind of watching this all take place. So there were people of all sorts of motivations. And we should say not everyone destroyed property or was physically violent, but most of them had one thing in common, Ayesha.

So there were clearly people committing violence or wanting to see violence. And there were hundreds encouraging it, pushing it forward. While hundreds more, you know, they were just kind of watching this all take place. So there were people of all sorts of motivations. And we should say not everyone destroyed property or was physically violent, but most of them had one thing in common, Ayesha.

They believed Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen.

They believed Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen.

They believed Donald Trump's lie that the election was stolen.

You know, it really wasn't much of a surprise. I know that militias and far-right groups like the Oath Keepers or Proud Boys, they often target veterans for recruitment, in large part because of their military training. But again, not everyone there was part of those groups or committing violence. Earlier in the day, as I was walking through the crowds, I noticed there were a number of people with

You know, it really wasn't much of a surprise. I know that militias and far-right groups like the Oath Keepers or Proud Boys, they often target veterans for recruitment, in large part because of their military training. But again, not everyone there was part of those groups or committing violence. Earlier in the day, as I was walking through the crowds, I noticed there were a number of people with

You know, it really wasn't much of a surprise. I know that militias and far-right groups like the Oath Keepers or Proud Boys, they often target veterans for recruitment, in large part because of their military training. But again, not everyone there was part of those groups or committing violence. Earlier in the day, as I was walking through the crowds, I noticed there were a number of people with

law enforcement or military ties. I saw some flags with the Marine insignia in a ball cap or a sweatshirt with the Marines Eagle Globe and anchor emblem.

law enforcement or military ties. I saw some flags with the Marine insignia in a ball cap or a sweatshirt with the Marines Eagle Globe and anchor emblem.

law enforcement or military ties. I saw some flags with the Marine insignia in a ball cap or a sweatshirt with the Marines Eagle Globe and anchor emblem.

And we wanted to know more, so we reached out to Michael Jensen. He's a researcher at the University of Maryland, and he studies domestic terrorism. And he found that nearly every branch of the military was represented at the Capitol that day.