Here's What Trump Said Right Before His Supporters Stormed The Capitol
Source: TPM
January 6, 2021 4:58 p.m.
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Lets walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, he told the mob in front of him, concluding his speech right around 1:10 p.m. ET.
Some had anticipated the charge: Five minutes earlier, a Washington Post reporter stationed at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue from Trump noted supporters of his charging toward the Capitol steps, struggling to get past police and breach the building.
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But it wasnt just a single command from Trump that resulted in the siege of the Capitol. He spent his entire speech working the crowd into a froth, urging their presence at the legislature to give weak Republicans in Congress the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.
Were going to walk down to the Capitol, and were going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and -women, and were probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, Trump told the crowd a few minutes after noon.
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I think this statement by Trump really got them riled.
Ill be there with you, he noted, sending supporters in a frenzy. Were never going to take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong.
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RocRizzo55
(980 posts)Lock him up!
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)Resignations continue this am ... some Deputy NatSec Advisor. And I'm seeing a lot of posts from prominent people calling for expulsions from Congress of the alleged traitors who supported the coup attempt, Hawley being most often mentioned.
orangecrush
(19,597 posts)Instead of waiting for next time
in2herbs
(2,947 posts)sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)In other words.....expect it to happen again, and expect them to all be SOOOOOO Surprised when it does.
llashram
(6,265 posts)sadly the shit-filled diaper person called potus will be ensconced in the WH 2 more weeks. And if he has the temerity to show up at the inauguration, escort him away please, any secret Service agent still loyal to our form of representative democracy and our rightfully elected POTUS and not the man... who has to have his shit-filled diaper changed every day.
groundloop
(11,521 posts)That moron HAS to be disbarred after this.
exactly. If that is not inciting violence, I'll eat my shoes.
bucolic_frolic
(43,249 posts)when Trump fomented the assault. Pence, Pelosi, Grassley, Mitch ....
Marthe48
(17,005 posts)If the terrorists had gotten hold of Representatives or Senators or pence, we could have seen a hostage situation, criminal assault, or murder.
PSPS
(13,608 posts)AnnieBW
(10,449 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,027 posts)sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)dalton99a
(81,565 posts)onecent
(6,096 posts)Denzil_DC
(7,250 posts)Paladin
(28,269 posts)He wanted to take attention away from all the Democratic victories. And as usual, the evil motherfucker succeeded.
PSPS
(13,608 posts)Paladin
(28,269 posts)trump got exactly what his sick little mind wanted yesterday: Minimized attention to, and coverage of, the historic Democratic victories. As deranged as he is, he accomplished what he set out to do. And I doubt that the evil motherfucker will suffer any meaningful penalty for what he did.
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)I'm sure, like Susan Collins has said, he learned his lesson this time.
LOL.
Paladin
(28,269 posts)Might as well be realistic about it.
GentleAlien
(57 posts)As Michael Cohen pointed out after he fell out with Trump. These coded words give him plausible deniability. He can easily blame the audience for misinterpreting his original intent. He seems to have mastered this art over decades - and avoided being held accountable so far.
AnnieBW
(10,449 posts)He was sitting in the WH watching it play out on TV.
generalbetrayus
(507 posts)where the Lone Ranger and Tonto are surrounded by armed and angry Indian warriors, and Tonto says to the Lone Ranger, "What you mean, 'we'?"
AnnieBW
(10,449 posts)You got the reference!
dchill
(38,516 posts)In my office.
onetexan
(13,055 posts)Marcuse
(7,504 posts)xxqqqzme
(14,887 posts)the 'suckers' and 'losers' I believe.
kwolf68
(7,365 posts)Jail is almost too good of an outcome.