Trump, backed up by his team of abettors and accomplices, absolutely precipitated and incited the armed, violent insurrection in a failed attempt to overthrow a valid election TRUMP LOST overwhelmingly.
Trump and his team had close ties to the organizers of the violence, having paid them $2.7 million dollars over the previous year to help with the 2020 campaign. And yes, it was ORGANZIED AND PLANNED. They were wearing sweatshirts saying, “Civil War — January 6, 2021” — the day of a Constitutionally-mandated joint session of congress for the purpose of completing a Constitutionally-mandated pro-forma electoral duty.
It was planned, they had merch to sell, and they intended it to be the violent insurrection it was to “stop the steal” (prevent the congress from completing its mandated duty under the Constitution).
Prior to the event, Trump personally Tweeted out encouragement to come and to be “wild.”
Trump specifically blocked adequate security. The Capitol police and domestic security forces know how to secure the Capitol. They failed to do so, because THAT IS WHAT TRUMP WANTED.
On the actual day of the event, it was the Trump team who whipped up the frenzy and gave them their (literal) marching orders immediately before they marched down, fully armed, and stormed a U.S. capitol that is usually impenetrable, but in which capitol police moved barriers out of the way and even took selfies with the domestic terrorist armed insurrectionists.
Immediately preceding Trump, Don Junior rallied them with, “time to FIGHT”; and “We’re coming for you!” and Rudy Giuliani called for “trial by combat.” What could be more explicit?
Trump, backed up by his team of abettors and accomplices, absolutely precipitated and incited the armed, violent insurrection in a failed attempt to overthrow a valid election TRUMP LOST overwhelmingly.
Trump and his team had close ties to the organizers of the violence, having paid them $2.7 million dollars over the previous year to help with the 2020 campaign. And yes, it was ORGANZIED AND PLANNED. They were wearing sweatshirts saying, “Civil War — January 6, 2021” — the day of a Constitutionally-mandated joint session of congress for the purpose of completing a Constitutionally-mandated pro-forma electoral duty.
It was planned, they had merch to sell, and they intended it to be the violent insurrection it was to “stop the steal” (prevent the congress from completing its mandated duty under the Constitution).
Prior to the event, Trump personally Tweeted out encouragement to come and to be “wild.”
Trump specifically blocked adequate security. The Capitol police and domestic security forces know how to secure the Capitol. They failed to do so, because THAT IS WHAT TRUMP WANTED.
On the actual day of the event, it was the Trump team who whipped up the frenzy and gave them their (literal) marching orders immediately before they marched down, fully armed, and stormed a U.S. capitol that is usually impenetrable, but in which capitol police moved barriers out of the way and even took selfies with the domestic terrorist armed insurrectionists.
Immediately preceding Trump, Don Junior rallied them with, “time to FIGHT”; and “We’re coming for you!” and Rudy Giuliani called for “trial by combat.” What could be more explicit?
And then came Donald Trump himself…
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