@Jazzhead
I only heard part of his speech. Trump has always been able to 'excite' a crowd much like a famous rockstar is able to 'excite' a crowd. I didn't hear him telling people to riot, but admittedly I didn't listen to the entire speech. As anyone campaigning they say things about their platform against their opponent; taxes, social security, jobs, gun laws, abortion, etc.
IMHO the concern that the left has with Trump is the enormous size of the crowds that he draws and his ability to connect so well with them. No President in history has ever drawn crowds the size that he does. None.
You might want to listen to one of Hillary's speeches (video below) where she shrieks to get her crowd 'excited'. Please watch the video -- the crowd gets excited, roars and shouts. They chant "Hillary" immediately...
@Jazzhead if you honestly see or hear a difference in the tone of the speech or the excitement of the crowd, please, I'd be interested in trying to understand what you see or hear that is so different.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZngjbhTEhNk
I understand that you see Trump as some kind of rock star playing to an adoring crowd. I understand that his rhetoric on January 6 may have been no different in content and in tone to what he's said at other rallies. And I acknowledge that Trump crowds have largely been boisterous, but not destructive.
But something went horribly wrong on January 6. This was a violent mob, committing acts so outrageous and deadly that this one day alone will both define Donald Trump forever and end his political career. Why are so determined that Trump not bear his share of the blame?
What went so wrong? I'll throw out some thoughts:
- The rally was purposely timed to coincide with a rare joint session of Congress - a vulnerable situation, as any security expert would tell you.
- The rhetoric by Trump Giuliani and Don, Jr. in the morning was certainly aggressive, if not incendiary.
- Trump had been baiting his base for two months with horse manure that the election was stolen - they clearly believed him and that naturally ratcheted up the sense of grievance, and willingness to "make the news" and play their part in Trump's reality show.
- Trump had to be aware of the internet chatter by extremists willing to fight.
- Mobs will be mobs. Especially loose mobs already assembled to roam city streets (Hillary's rally appears to be in an indoor arena).
Putting the very best spin on it, this was a monumental phuck-up. I hope to God that further investigation shows that was all it was, a blunder, a miscalculation, rather than intent to abet a resurrection. Trump at this time appears to lack the humility to admit either the fact or the cost of this blunder, including the cost to his MAGA movement, which is in danger of being fatally discredited.
I have been the target of obscenities and threats in recent days, but my advice to the Trumpsters is not intended to be disingenuous - if you want to save your still very potent political movement, sever yourselves from Donald Trump
