Lawfare.
I think any of the Republican candidates need to realize that the left will find a way to come after them as well. It's not just Trump that they are after and ultimately should we not find a way to dissolve the Deep State they will come for you and I.
A clear call for insurrection. *****rollingeyes*****
Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
Jan 6, 2021
I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!
The tweet was sent @ 3:13 PM · Jan 6, 2021 ... almost two hours into the violence at the Capitol ... when it was becoming more apparent that the attempted putsch was going to fail ... this tweet was CYA from the intended beneficiary of a failed seditious conspiracy to use force and intimidation to illegally keep Trump in office.As I recall, Trump said the same thing or something very similar about behaving peacefully not just via Twitter two hours later, but as he wrapped up his comments to his supporters assembled on the Mall - before any of them headed toward the Capitol.
As I recall, Trump said the same thing or something very similar about behaving peacefully not just via Twitter two hours later, but as he wrapped up his comments to his supporters assembled on the Mall - before any of them headed toward the Capitol.
I could be mistaken, as I certainly wasn't there and didn't watch any live coverage, but that's my recollection. :shrug:
Unless that phrase was omitted I don't see where Trump said "let's peacefully walk to the Capitol". It just says "So let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue."
He did
I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard," Trump said in his speech. "Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for [the] integrity of our elections, but whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country. Our country has been under siege for a long time, far longer than this four-year period."
Could you link to Trump's video or the transcript of what he said BEFORE the "insurrection"?Okay, here it is (as reported by the Associated Press (https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-capitol-siege-media-e79eb5164613d6718e9f4502eb471f27)):
... I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.It's disjointed, somewhat incoherent and disorganized. But he did say "peacefully."
Today we will see whether Republicans stand strong for integrity of our elections. But whether or not they stand strong for our country, our country. ...
So we’re going to, we’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we’re going to the Capitol, and we’re going to try and give.
The Democrats are hopeless, they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help. We’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.
So let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.
I want to thank you all. God bless you and God Bless America. ...
And he did use the words “peacefully and patriotically” when he talked about marching on the Capitol.
And again, most people would stand there at 9 o'clock in the evening and say I want to thank you very much, and they go off to some other life. But I said something's wrong here, something is really wrong, can have happened.
And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore.
Our exciting adventures and boldest endeavors have not yet begun. My fellow Americans, for our movement, for our children, and for our beloved country. And I say this despite all that's happened. The best is yet to come. So we're going to, we're going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we're going to the Capitol, and we're going to try and give.
The Democrats are hopeless — they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we're going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don't need any of our help. We're going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country. So let's walk down Pennsylvania Avenue. I want to thank you all. God bless you and God Bless America. Thank you all for being here. This is incredible. Thank you very much. Thank you.
"Now, it is up to Congress to confront this egregious assault on our democracy. And after this, we're going to walk down, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down."
meaning that the riot was started by people who weren't at the speech, and couldn't have been motivated by what he said.I have been provided a first-person report of someone who left the area where people were gathered for the speech and walked to the Capitol just in time to hear flashbangs, an apparent signal for masked people clad entirely in black to emerge from buses (parked in an area where public parking is not generally allowed) and march lockstep to the Capitol building. Who were these people? I don't think they were MAGA grannies or even the so-called Proud Boys.
I have been provided a first-person report of someone who left the area where people were gathered for the speech and walked to the Capitol just in time to hear flashbangs, an apparent signal for masked people clad entirely in black to emerge from buses (parked in an area where public parking is not generally allowed) and march lockstep to the Capitol building. Who were these people? I don't think they were MAGA grannies or even the so-called Proud Boys.
As soon as he saw that, he hightailed it out of there, concluding it could turn real ugly real quick. So he never actually crossed any barrier or entered the building. I don't know the exact timing of when he left the gathering area, whether it was right after Trump finished talking or several minutes prior.
“Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”
That may have happened. But it doesn't change the fact that the security barrier around the Capitol was breached no later than 1 p.m. by someone. And if you look at the people doing that, it isn't just some massed black-clad mob, but ordinary people. And clearly, there have been people prosecuted who were not Antifa, but who did break windows, assault cops, etc..:yowsa:
Anyway, the point is that there was no way Trump himself could have looked at that mass of people wearing ordinary clothes battling with the cops and known "those are just Antifa". So that still means that for more than an hour, he sat there watching TV, seeing what he would he would have assumed were many of his own supporters fighting with cops to battle their way inside the Capitol, and not doing anything to discourage that.
In fact, at 2:24, after FoxNews (which Trump was watching) reported that Congress was evacuating the chamber, Trump tweeted this:
So that's what he tweets while watching everything happening on the screen, and that Congress was evacuating?? I mean, WTF??
Like I said, I don't think it was criminal. But it was sure as hell irresponsible and way beneath the dignity of the President of the United States.