President Trump and Senate Republicans rushed through the appointment of a new Supreme Court judge, thus preventing Joe Biden from making his own appointment if he won. On 18 September, less than two months before the presidential elections, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, who spent much of her legal career as an advocate for gender equality and women’s rights died. The murder of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, who died while being arrested by Minneapolis police on, led to protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement by between 15 million and 26 million people nationwide. The photographer has lived in the US capital for more than 15 years documenting social and political issues, and wished to examine and give insight into the background behind the 6 January attack.Īs COVID-19 took hold from early 2020, the president was criticized for his handling of the pandemic, and for undermining scientists and spreading conspiracy theories rather than encouraging mask wearing and social distancing. Unrest among his supporters grew into insurrection, culminating in a 6 January 2021 attack on the United States Capitol Building in Washington DC. From early in the run-up to the 2020 US election, President Trump began to make accusations of judicial and electoral subversion. The final year of Donald Trump’s presidency of the US, saw increasing polarization in the country, growing social unrest, and burgeoning disinformation in the media. A Trump supporter pumps his fist as he is ejected from the Capitol Building, after it had been breached by rioters in an attempt to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election, Washington DC, USA.
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