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The second half of todays hearing explained how Donald Trump weaponized the mob at the Capitol to pressure Mike Pence to illegally overturn the 2020 presidential election.
It started with a gathering in the Oval Office of the Trump family. Witnesses testified that Trump was having a heated conversation with Pence on the phone and then called him a wimp and a pussy for not agreeing to overturn the vote.
We also learned that Trumps draft speech for the rally didnt even mention Pence. Trump only added it after the phone call with Pence refused his wishes.
After Trump returned to the White House, Trump tweeted that Pence didnt have the courage and the crowds outside the capitol and inside the Capitol surged. Pence had to be removed to a secure location. The mob at one point was within 40 feet of Pence.
A confidential informant from the Proud Boys has told the FBI that the rioters would have killed Pence if given the chance.
https://politicalwire.com/2022/06/16/reaction-to-the-third-january-6-hearing-part-ii/
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(1,454 posts)or Pelosi or Nadler or anyone for that matter ???
This nation would have exploded into chaos. And bloodshed.
bucolic_frolic
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(1,454 posts)And there is NO evidence that anyone even believed that they were.
bucolic_frolic
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(1,454 posts)And the mob KNEW the election was stolen, too.
Hekate
(90,714 posts)Every time people say Nancy or Pence, forget their given names and recall what their jobs actually were on that day.
TRUMP WANTED TO TAKE OUT THE TWO MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE LINE OF SUCCESSION TO THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT.
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(1,454 posts)Remember what he said about there "not being any need for transition, because it would be a continuation (of more trump).
Now that you put it in that perspective, Hekate, LOTS of things that Pompeo said and did during the last few months of the trump presidency make sense. Yikes.