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Many Americans appalled by the violence of the January 6th assault on the U.S.

Capitol likely assumed that the rioters came from regions where Donald Trump had his deepest support.

But researchers from the University of Chicago found that most came from places Joe Biden had won in the election.

often counties where the white population was shrinking relative to non-whites.

One example is Orange County, California, south of Los Angeles.

That's a region highlighted by our guest, veteran investigative journalist Eric Listblau, in his new book.

He argues that America is seeing a nationwide surge in violent bigotry and white supremacy unlike anything since the bloodiest days of the civil rights movement, often spurred on by incendiary racial rhetoric from Donald Trump.

Lischblau writes about young men who follow neo-Nazi organizations and in some cases commit horrendous crimes, including the brutal murder of a young gay Jewish man in Orange County, a central focus of his book.

Eric Lischblau is a Washington-based journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner who spent years working for the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times.

He's written three previous books, including the bestseller The Nazis Next Door.

His latest book is American Reich, a murder in Orange County, neo-Nazis, and a new age of hate.