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Posted: 2021-01-22T21:36:12Z | Updated: 2021-02-02T17:07:26Z

Republican lawmakers suddenly have a lot of thoughts on how to heal the nation and none of them has to do with addressing the insurrection that Donald Trump s supporters mounted at the U.S. Capitol two weeks ago in an attempt to overturn election results.

GOP legislators have been reluctant to accept their own responsibility for stoking massive divisions in the country. But in the two days since President Joe Biden took office, Senate and House members have been twisting his call for unity into attacks on his agenda.

In his inaugural address Wednesday, Biden called on Americans to come together to confront the rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism, in order to restore the soul and to secure the future of America.

We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting, and lower the temperature. For without unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury, the president added, standing on the same platform where pro-Trump rioters had invaded the Capitol on Jan. 6.

In response, Republican lawmakers are arguing that Bidens policies will only hurt unity. In other words, according to these lawmakers, the only way to heal the nation after a violent mob tried to overturn an election that put Democrats in power, is to do exactly what Republicans want.

Here are some of the policies that Republicans have claimed would undermine national unity:

Restoring National Monuments