19 percent of Americans back rioters in siege of US Capitol: poll

DC Protests 2021

Teen shames ‘brainwashed’ mom who got punched in face at Capitol riot

Hope Hicks is resigning — but not because of Capitol riots

Rioter who lounged at Pelosi’s desk, GOP lawmaker charged over Capitol siege

GOP Congresswoman Mary Miller apologizes for referencing Hitler at DC rally

Nearly 1 in 5 Americans back the people who stormed the US Capitol during Wednesday’s fatal riots, a new poll found.

Nineteen percent of those surveyed late Wednesday by Ipsos said they support the fervent President Trump backers who breached the west side of the building, compared to 70 percent who said they opposed them and 11 percent who weren’t sure or didn’t know.

Seventy-four percent of those polled, meanwhile, said those who breached the building should be arrested — while 31 percent of Americans said the protests and ensuing riots were “necessary” to protect the nation.

But at the same time, more than half of Americans — 51 percent — said the riots represented an attempted coup, demonstrating the seismic political divide in the country as Trump exits the White House.

Nearly all of the 500 US adults surveyed — 87 percent — were aware of the Capitol unrest, according to the poll. Fifty-nine percent said they supported the handling of the breach by Capitol Police and other law enforcement officers, compared to 22 percent who did not.

The violent breach left five people dead, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who reportedly was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher during the riots and died at a hospital Thursday.