A Confederate flag at the Capitol summons America's demons

Historians Rhae Lynn Barnes and Keri Leigh Merritt explain how much of Wednesday's violence was reminiscent not only of the Confederacy but of the mythology it produced after Reconstruction: the Lost Cause narrative. They argue that the rioters and others have embraced Trump as their new Lost Cause.

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