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CNN anchor Dana Bash drew fire from social media users on Monday after claiming the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was the "most violent moment in recent history" in Washington D.C. while reporting on President Donald Trump’s federal efforts to combat crime in the nation's capitol.

Trump announced earlier that day that he would be federalizing officers in Washington, D.C. and deploying the National Guard into the nation’s capital to combat high crime rates.

After hosting a panel on Trump's White House announcement of the plan, Bash referenced the Capitol protest before going to commercial.

"Just as we go to break, I should note that the most violent moment in recent history in D.C. was January 6th, and it was an attack on the Un

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