A 65% majority of likely voters now believe that undercover federal agents provoked the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol Building, according to a new Rasmussen poll.
In late February, prior to Fox News host Tucker Carlson's airing of security footage, 61% thought it was likely that government agents secretly operating in the crowds provoked the unrest.
According to the poll, 46% say it is very likely that federal agents incited the crowd to the point of clashing with law enforcement and storming the Capitol when Congress was in the process of certifying the 2020 election results.
"Following Tucker Carlson's release of previously unseen videos from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, more voters now believe it may have been provoked by undercover agents," Rasmussen's poll analysis read. "Among voters who have 'very closely' followed news about Carlson's broadcast of new videos of the Capitol riot, 72% think it's 'very likely' that undercover government agents helped provoke the riot."
The issue of anti-Trump government agents agitating behind the scenes appears to have bipartisan support among those polled.
"Seventy-four percent (74%) of Republicans believe it is at least somewhat likely that undercover government agents helped provoke the Capitol riot, as do 59% of Democrats and 62% of voters not affiliated with either major party," the survey analysis read.
