He also said he'd lead them in that march. Once again, promising but not delivering.
Again, in terms of legalities, I don't believe Trump broke the law so I think the charges are B.S.. But I do think his speech was despicable. He knew exactly what to say to enrage that crowd, while stopping just short of anything that was actionable legally.
Given the events surrounding the fraud in the so-called "battlefield states", all of America should have been outraged.
Given that security at the Capitol was a skeleton crew compared to what was proposed, America should be outraged.
Given the treatment of the 1/6 prisoners, America should be outraged.
Given that the first ring of barriers (feeble as they were) were removed, some by a guy who talked with Epps, and then started taking them down, America should be outraged.
Given the sham investigation, the sequestering of what would be miles of videotape showing that the protesters were, on balance, not violent, and the very real that those who were were at least partly agents provocateur, on the federal payroll, America should be outraged.
Given that the only reason the protest was "deadly" was the wielding of weapons by the police, and not the protesters, America should be outraged.
Need I go on?
Trump didn't have to say a word to "enrage" the crowd.
The people who showed up were already mad.
But that did not stop them from acting civilly, on balance, at least until the police started firing 'less than lethal' munitions at point-blank range, which
can be lethal. If you want one thing that pushed that crowd over the edge, that's it.
Then, in the wake of Lake Street in Minneapolis and other burning and looting episodes around the country, to declare this event an "insurrection" is just more bullshit.
If you aren't outraged, you haven't been paying attention.
As far as being 'despicable' there has been plenty of inciting to riot (the real deal), causing billions of dollars in destruction and loss of life through the actions of rioters or those defending against them. There is a whole lot of far more despicable speech to go around, and apparently only the most peaceful of that is not protected by the First Amendment.
On January sixth, I lost all respect for members of Congress who were wetting their pants facing nothing worse than I experienced during race riots in school in the late 60s/early 70s, only we were on our own.