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How Trump's language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explain

  • Written by Roger J. Kreuz, Associate Dean and Professor of Psychology, University of Memphis
How Trump's language shifted in the weeks leading up to the Capitol riot – 2 linguists explainTrump addresses a crowd in Dalton, Georgia, on Jan. 4, the night before the state's U.S. Senate runoff.Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images

On Jan. 6, the world witnessed how language can incite violence.

One after another, a series of speakers at the “Save America” rally at the Ellipse in Washington redoubled...

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