Take the blinders off

Stephen Ayres was drawn to Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021, by Donald Trump's outrageously false claims that the presidential election had been stolen.

"I felt like I had horse blinders on," the soft-spoken cabinetmaker from Ohio told the Congressional committee investigating the events of that day. "Take the blinders off, make sure you step back and see what's going on before it's too late."

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