<p><img src="https://static3.businessinsider.com/image/6000713dfe7e140019f7ef31-2000/Ted%20Lieu.jpg" border="0" alt="Ted Lieu" data-mce-source="Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images" data-mce-caption="Rep. Ted Lieu questions Intelligence Committee Minority Counsel Stephen Castor and Intelligence Committee Majority Counsel Daniel Goldman during House impeachment inquiry hearings before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill December 9, 2019 in Washington, DC."></p><p></p><bi-shortcode id="summary-shortcode" data-type="summary-shortcode" class="mceNonEditable" contenteditable="false">Summary List Placement</bi-shortcode><p>After a tumultuous week in the US, most Americans could likely use a little humor. And they got it in the form of an amusing correction from CNN regarding what Democratic Rep. Ted Lieu of California grabbed during the Capitol siege.</p><p>"CORRECTION: A previous version of this story misstated that Rep. Ted Lieu grabbed a crowbar before leaving his office. He grabbed a ProBar energy bar," a correction for a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/13/politics/democrat-impeachment-plans-behind-the-scenes/index.html">CNN story</a> titled "How a swift impeachment was born under siege" states.</p><p>The story says that Lieu was forced to evacuate his office in the Cannon Office Building as insurrections swarmed the US Capitol.</p><p>CNN's correction was widely discussed online and apparently quite pleasing to people after a week of non-stop news that made days feel like centuries and threw the future of the American republic into question. It's the little things that keep folks going.</p><p>Many also appeared to sympathize with the notion of Lieu grabbing a crowbar to take on rioterswith white supremacists and neo-Nazis among their ranksattacking the heart of America's democracy.</p><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Correction of the day <a href="https://t.co/UyvQmRCNXl">pic.twitter.com/UyvQmRCNXl</a></p> David Uberti (@DavidUberti) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1349719214333026304'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I love the idea of <a href="https://twitter.com/tedlieu'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@tedlieu</a> grabbing a crowbar and deciding to take on all the insurrectionists himself. <a href="https://t.co/78a1TYehni">https://t.co/78a1TYehni</a></p> Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1349744228465856512'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is a sign of the times that both reporter and I presume editor saw this first version of this story and were like, yep, Congressman grabbed a crowbar. Sounds likely. <a href="https://t.co/9bqk6WEKuK">https://t.co/9bqk6WEKuK</a></p> Amy Mackinnon (@ak_mack) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1349746921590706180'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">No one would have blamed him if he had grabbed a crowbar <a href="https://t.co/sLCN7lXZtq">https://t.co/sLCN7lXZtq</a></p> Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1349744500814585859'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation=""><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Good morning to my new favorite correction: "A previous version of this story misstated that Rep. Ted Lieu grabbed a crowbar before leaving his office. He grabbed a ProBar energy bar." <a href="https://t.co/FZfRi4WVDF">https://t.co/FZfRi4WVDF</a></p> Ciara O'Rourke (@ciaraorourke) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1349748697878437890'ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2021</a></blockquote><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>The insurrection at the Capitol was provoked by President Donald Trump. He was impeached for a second time over his role in inciting the violence on Wednesday.</p><p>Lieu, an Air Force veteran and former prosecutor, was named <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/us/pelosi-impeachment-managers.html">an impeachment manager</a> by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for Trump's trial.</p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/cnn-correction-ted-lieu-grabbed-probar-not-crowbar-capitol-siege-2021-1#comments">Join the conversation about this story »</a></p> <p>NOW WATCH: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-parasite-delivered-one-of-the-best-twists-in-cinema-2020-2">What makes 'Parasite' so shocking is the twist that happens in a 10-minute sequence</a></p>
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