Could Trump have prevented the mob from attacking the Capitol?

[kentuck]

With a simple tweet, could he have told them to stand down and not enter?

I think most people would agree that he could have stopped the mob but he chose not to?

What does that mean?

That means that he was not only complicit, he was leading the attack by letting it continue.

There is no other explanation.

[lagomorph777]

1. He could have simply not ordered the attack, so, duh, yes he could have stopped it.

Why is that even a question?

[kentuck]

6. Because they are creating a lie to excuse his actions.

And it must be put forth, not held back in silence, so people can understand that it happened.

[RKP5637]

2. Trump wanted it, pushed it, and has supported it all the way. n/t

[still_one]

3. Yes. All he had to do is tell his fans that the election was valid, and Joe Biden is the rightful

President

The fact that he didn't do that, and still refuses to do that, says what is real motives are

[Phoenix61]

4. It started when he told them to all come to DC

on the 6th and he continued to fan the flames every chance he got.

[MyNameGoesHere]

5. He should have been impeached again the

Second he started talking about fraud elections. We saw this coming for months.

[Corgigal]

7. Someone on DU

sent the link to Seth Abrahamson tweet feed, where he did a line by line of what Trump told his rioters. It took some time to read it all, but it was masterful. I was not aware of what propaganda speech can do to a person’s motivations. I hope someone can find it, and place it here for you. If you get the time, and it might take an hour, read it.

I can’t listen to Trumps voice, so it did help me. I think after he got them motivated, nothing would have stopped them. It was too late.

[RKP5637]

13. He has a horrible raspy grinding coarse voice, and always angry. He's an obnoxious spectacle. n/t

[doc03]

8. Of course he could have. Just like if he would have told everyone to wear a mask.

The MAGAts would be attacking people that didn't comply. A department manager at a local store asked a women yesterday to
put a mask on and she spit in her face. That is what we are dealing with, they are nuts.

[karynnj]

9. He could not have incited it for weeks since November and at the rally

He also could have not put lackeys in place at DOD and Homeland Security - possibly to stand down as they did. A few participants have said that the President was WITH them and in spirit he was. By some accounts, he was essentially cheering them on.

While the mob was calling for hanging his VP, he turned a deaf ear. There were heroes who put their lives on the line to prevent our elected legislators from being killed.

The video put out way too late - though saying to go home - can easily be seen as implicitly praising them for what they did. He loved them and called them patriots. (Ivanka also called them patriots even as she called for calm. Patriots do not join insurrections. )

Note that there are serious threats for the Inauguration and this weekend - in DC and in all states. Note that Trump has not now IN ADVANCE called for HIS FANS to stand down. (and absolutely not stand by!)

[kentuck]

10. It's sad that sometimes you have to state the obvious to help some people see the truth.

As someone noted above, this is so obvious, why should it even be asked?

[RKP5637]

14. K&R!!! n/t

[TheBlackAdder]

11. He'd better stop violence at those 50 state houses, else he's going to get hammered with them too.

[kentuck]

12. All those 50 Governors have been warned.

They should have their National Guard on ready and nearby.

They cannot let them win the day.

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Exactly. He should be out in front addressing the

nation to pull back and let calm return. Any and every other president, when faced with mounting rumors of attacks and violence, would be working to quell the hyperbole and defuse the violence...but not tRump. He shamelessly revels in this disfunction.

[ananda]

15. He could have acknowledged the loss and conceded.

But...

[LisaL]

16. If he didn't claim for moths that election was stolen,

and didn't incite the people to march onto the Capito, yes.