In a sane and civil world, one is considered innocent until proven guilty. Not so in the world of the left. In the medical world, the phrase “correlation is not causation” frequently comes to the fore. On the same January 6 that Trump held a rally there was a riot at the Capitol. The two are not related and we’ve addressed some of this already but we know more.
The insurrection of the Capitol was
The House’s Alice in Wonderland Queen of Hearts, Nancy Pelosi, rammed through an impeachment based “we all know” and not based on facts or evidence. This is an atrocious abuse of government and she should be impeached and removed for it. That Senate schmuck, Schumer, said the trial won’t really need any witnesses because they “know” everything already. This would not be the first time Schumer sought to convict Trump without the facts.
So, to engage a trial without the facts coming out is to engage in a cover-up. To conduct a trial without the facts is saying: we’re afraid, we have something to hide. To conduct a trial without relevant witnesses who haven’t been heard from, to just rehash the evidence presented in the House just doesn’t make any sense.
As author John Nolte said, “no shit.”
But here he is doing it again.
Make no mistake- the rush is to beat the truth. And what is the truth?
The truth is that the attack on the Capitol was planned weeks in advance
Extremists made little secret of ambitions to ‘occupy’ Capitol in weeks before attack
A digital flyer made public on Instagram and Facebook in December made little secret of the ambitions of some of the people planning to visit Washington on Jan. 6: “Operation Occupy the Capitol.”
That call to arms is just one of the many warning signs on extremist sites and mainstream social media platforms that extremism experts say were easy to spot but ultimately disregarded by law enforcement in the runup to Wednesday’s riot at the Capitol, which led to the deaths of five people, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, 42, who was reportedly hit with a fire extinguisher during the melee.
Trump had absolutely nothing to do with that. Nothing. As we previously noted, the riots began well before Trump finsihed speaking and Trump did say “peacefully.” He incited nothing. And let’s drop the kill hammer on democrats’ blather. Despite them being lawyers (allegedly). democrats know squat about the law. This is the legal definition of “riot”
(a) As used in this chapter, the term “riot” means a public disturbance involving (1) an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons, which act or acts shall constitute a clear and present danger of, or shall result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual or (2) a threat or threats of the commission of an act or acts of violence by one or more persons part of an assemblage of three or more persons having, individually or collectively, the ability of immediate execution of such threat or threats, where the performance of the threatened act or acts of violence would constitute a clear and present danger of, or would result in, damage or injury to the property of any other person or to the person of any other individual.
and this is the definition of “incite”:
(b) As used in this chapter, the term “to incite a riot”, or “to organize, promote, encourage, participate in, or carry on a riot”, includes, but is not limited to, urging or instigating other persons to riot, but shall not be deemed to mean the mere oral or written (1) advocacy of ideas or (2) expression of belief, not involving advocacy of any act or acts of violence or assertion of the rightness of, or the right to commit, any such act or acts.
(emphasis mine)
The definition is clear. Trump did not incite anything. To assert that Trump incited a riot is totally ignorant. Persistence in doing so is stupidity. They’re lying to you.
What don’t we know?
We won’t know what the MPD investigation says.
We don’t know why the FBI didn’t take the threat seriously
We don’t know Pelosi’s and McConnell’s offices refused additional security
And I wonder why no one, FBI included, are interviewing the Capitol police who opened the gates and held open the doors to the trespassers- and told them to do that.
The Senate trial is DOA and they know it. There is no point in holding one. Now you will have the opportunity to see just how stupid and abusive of the law democrats are as they speak. You will once again see impeachment as sordid political theater. And if Trump did nothing as accused, of what value is censure? What is this really about?
Get real. democrats are scared sh*tless of Trump and his real 74 million votes. His popularity will continue to rise as it becomes more widely recognized that this is persecution. They know it. This country has become a laughing stock.
But it could be argued that the riot was incited by Cory Booker:
1/ Political violence is NEVER an appropriate call to action. It is certainly not appropriate for a sitting United States Senator like @CoryBooker to call on Americans to head to the Capitol to “get up in the face of Congresspeople.” #incitement pic.twitter.com/mEDfvu2X9d
— @amuse (@amuse) January 12, 2021
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Except for liberals being foolish.
@Martin Glick:
Since I don’t doubt that you sincerely believes that, should Cory Booker, Maxine Waters, Chuck Schumer and Kamala Harris also be impeached for inciting violence?
@Martin Glick:
And Hawkfish released the farce of the “red mirage” to prime the public for very obvious, and very evidential, election fraud.
Trump knew they were going to cheat, as did any sane American.
Just another Leftwing “Blame the right of doing what we are doing as to cover up what we’ve been caught doing”.
Democrats incited death and violence across the nation all year long, killing many more people than just five, and costing billions of damage and lost businesses…many of them from blacks.
Add to that the false-flag operation of antifa at the capitol, and your baseless beliefs just don’t hold up to rational thought…
…here on planet Earth.
The four year old coup of the Democrats has culminated with the installation of an unelected dictator.
You and your party are afraid of Trump and his very large support, thus you go full Bolshevik and need to lock up all the rational adults in the room for calling you morons out on your bullshit.
Good luck.
@Martin Glick:
That’s what Chris Cuomo tells his fans to say.
Get an original idea, dipshit. The “if you don’t support my party, you’re part of an enemy cult that must be destroyed” has already been taken by Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, Stalin, Hitler, etc…
@Martin Glick:
Really? You can only believe that if you ignore the entire last year’s riots. Businesses (many of them owned by minorities) burned to the ground, federal court houses attacked, over 700 police officers injured, not counting David Dorn who was murdered, and not one of those I mentioned called for the riots to stop.
It doesn’t matter what purpose a riot served. It matters who cause the riots and the Democrats fanned the flames for more than a year.
Me thinks you are just another brain dead troll.
@Martin Glick:
Not. Their speeches followed over four years of unsubstantiated nonsense that the 2016 election was stolen by Russia, hoax impeachment, lying about literally anything and everything Trump did or said.
You know that. Cut the crap.
Bet you think there’s no evidence the holocaust happened, too.
And your propaganda doesn’t agree with you. They no longer say there is “no evidence”. They say there was not enough to affect the election.
Get your CNN-induced delusions straight, dumbf*ck.
@retire05: Me thinks you are just another brain dead troll.
Sounds like Ron/AJ or Miller.
@Martin Glick: What ever sock puppet, what ever.
Seeing double there? Hey Nathan and you too nathan. lol
@MartinGlick:
Get back to me when Bernie Sanders takes responsibility for the actions of James Hodgkinson. Until then, STHFU, troll.
@Martin Glick:
It’s on tape, with thousands of affidavits and such. The voting changes are unconstitutional, and most leftwing nutjobs like you think cheating was warranted.
All dictators say there was “no evidence” in their rigged elections, bonehead.
Like a toddler in a room with a cookie, you idiots are sitting there with crumbs on your faces saying. “Prove it!”
Now, go copy and paste what Trump said during and after the riots and completely dispel the myth you’re conjuring that he promoted violence.
Oh? Can only find Schumer quotes?
Clown.
@Nathan Blue:
Another Schumer quote spoken in front of a crowd on the USSC steps:
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Nah, according to the dimwitted brain left wing, Schumer wasn’t inciting a crowd when he said that.
@retire05: The nutzo woman trying to claw the doors of the SC open?
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/07/protesters-claw-supreme-court-doors/
The riots was the results of China,Soros Liberal Collage Professors Etc and the democrats Trump had nothing to do with it this who Impeachment is Unconstitutional and the democrats need to see a backlash against them
@retire05:
The difference is that Schumer clarified his statement whereas Trump continued for 4 years adding fuel network of insurrectionists and renegade thugs.
His spokesman Justin Goodman clarified::
Now let’s take a look at Trump’s 2020 year long lead up to inciting his thugs:
January 20, 2020: President Trump enthusiastically expresses support for heavily armed 2nd Amendment protesters in Richmond, Virginia.
President Trump tweets: “The Democrat Party in the Great Commonwealth of Virginia are working hard to take away your 2nd Amendment rights.”
April 17, 2020: Following armed anti-pandemic lockdown protests at several state capitals, Trump tweets: “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save your great 2nd Amendment. It is under siege!”
The tweets come in response to armed protests in several states, including Michigan, where protesters chanted “lock her up,” referring to Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The tweets prompt a leading legal expert on militias Mary McCord to write that Trump has “incited insurrection” against state governments.
April 30, 2020: Armed protestors storm the Michigan state capitol building. Two of the protestors are eventually charged in the attempted kidnapping of Governor Gretchen Whitmer (see entry for Oct. 7, 2020).
The New York Times reports that one of the protestors carried a sign that read, “Tyrants Get the Rope,” and another carried an American flag that had a doll made to look like Ms. Whitmer hanging from it.
May 1, 2020: Trump tweets in favor of the Michigan protestors.
The president tweets: “The Governor of Michigan should give a little, and put out the fire. These are very good people, but they are angry. They want their lives back again, safely! See them, talk to them, make a deal.”
June 4, 2020: The Trump campaign sends out a fundraising email asking supporters to enlist in the “Trump Army.”
July 9, 2020: President Trump refuses to say whether he will accept the election results.
In an interview with President Trump, Fox News reporter Chris Wallace asks him whether he will accept the election results. Trump responds, “No, I’m not going to just say yes. I’m not going to say no, and I didn’t last time either.”
August 17, 2020: President Trump condemns Antifa as the Proud Boys descend on Portland, Oregon.
The Proud Boys lead an “End Domestic Terrorism Rally” in Portland, Oregon, in self-proclaimed opposition to Antifa; the rally is met by counterprotestors and a heavy police presence. Trump tweets, “Major consideration is being given to naming ANTIFA an “ORGANIZATION OF TERROR.” Portland is being watched very closely. Hopefully the Mayor will be able to properly do his job!”
August 19, 2020: President Trump acknowledges and appears to tacitly endorse QAnon for the first time.
When asked at a White House press conference what he thinks about QAnon and what he has to say to the movement’s followers, the President says:
“Well I don’t know much about the movement, but from what I understand they like me very much, which I appreciate. I have heard that it is gaining in popularity, and from what I hear these are people that… They watch the streets of Portland, when they watch what happened in New York City in just the last six or seven months . . . these are people that don’t like seeing what’s going on in places like Portland and places like Chicago and New York City and other cities and states and I’ve heard these are people that love our country and they just don’t like seeing it.”
When asked about their belief that he is fighting a secret global battle against a cult of pedophile cannibals, he says, “Well I hadn’t heard that, but is that supposed to be a bad thing or a good thing? If I can help save the world from problems, I’m willing to do it, and we are actually, we are saving the world from a radical left philosophy that will save this country.”
August 31, 2020: After the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Trump declines to condemn white nationalist-led violent protests.
Trump expresses sympathy to 17-year old Kyle Rittenhouse, charged with shooting and killing two people, and the president suggests he may have been acting in self defense. In response to the violence in Kenosha and Portland, Oregan, Trump also says: “Well, I understand that had large numbers of people that were supporters, but that was a peaceful protest…And paint is not — and paint as a defensive mechanism, paint is not bullets. … These people, they protested peacefully. They went in very peacefully.”
In response to Trump’s failure to denounce the violence, then-candidate Biden states: “He wouldn’t even repudiate one of his supporters who is charged with murder because of his attacks on others. He is too weak, too scared of the hatred he has stirred to put an end to it.”
Later reports suggest that DHS officials were directed to make sympathetic statements toward Rittenhouse. It is unclear whether these directions originated at the White House or within the DHS press office, NBC reports.
September 8, 2020: Brian Murphy, a whistleblower in the Department of Homeland Security submits a complaint that claims that the two most senior DHS officials tried to suppress threat assessments of white supremacy because it would reflect poorly on President Trump.
The complaint alleges that acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli wanted Murphy to “ specifically modify the section on White Supremacy in a manner that made the threat appear less severe, as well as include information on the prominence of violent ‘left-wing’ groups.” The complaint also alleges that DHS leadership asked Murphy to “modify intelligence assessments to ensure they matched up with the public comments by President Trump on the subject of ANTIFA and ‘anarchist’ groups.”
The complaint garners wide media attention.
September 23, 2020: In response to a direct question, President Trump refuses to say he will ensure a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election.
In a White House press conference, a reporter asks the president if he will “commit to making sure that there is a peaceful transferal of power after the election?” President Trump answers, “Well,we’re going to have to see what happens.” He further raises alarms about a potential transition of power: “Get rid of the ballots and you’ll have a very peaceful — there won’t be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation.”
September 29, 2020: First Presidential Debate.
When asked by debate moderator Chris Wallace, if the president will urge his supporters to “stay calm during this extended period, not to engage in any civil unrest,” President Trump answers vaguely that “bad things happen in Philadelphia. Bad things. And I am urging my people. I hope it’s going to be a fair election.” His answers heighten concern of “election day chaos.”
Later in the debate, when asked to condemn white supremacist militias like the Proud Boys, Trump tells them to “Stand back and stand by,” and that “somebody’s got to do something about antifa and the left.”
The President’s comments are widely interpreted as a boost for the Proud Boys and other white nationalist groups. In response to the statement and lack of denouncement of white supremecists, a known social media account associated with the Proud Boys makes “stand back and stand by” its new slogan. A user on the Proud Boys’ Telegram account also writes, “Standing down and standing by sir.” Proud Boys organizer Joe Biggs likewise posts that he is “standing by,” and that Trump “basically said to go f— them [antifa] up.”
October 07, 2020: The Justice Department indicts ring for attempting to kidnap Michigan Governor.
The Justice Department announces indictments of 13 men charged with attempting to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan. Whitmer cites Trump statements failing to condemn white supremacists and other rhetoric is seen as a “rallying cry” for such violent groups.
Trump responds to the plot at a rally in Lansing, MI: “It was our people — my people, our people that helped her out. And then she blamed me for it. She blamed me and it was our people that helped her. I don’t get it. How did you put her there?” (The crowd chants “lock her up” at the rally in response).
Trump tweets, “I do not tolerate ANY extreme violence. Defending ALL Americans, even those who oppose and attack me, is what I will always do as your President! Governor Whitmer—open up your state, open up your schools, and open up your churches!”
October 15, 2020: President Trump claims to know nothing about QAnon, and refuses to denounce it.
When asked at a televised town hall whether he disavows QAnon, Trump responds, “I know nothing about QAnon … What I do hear about it, they are very strongly against pedophilia, and I agree with that.” When pressed on whether he believes a satanic pedophile ring exists, he retorts, “No, I don’t know that and neither do you know that.”
November 1, 2020: President Trump praises supporters who, with their cars, swarm a Biden campaign bus traveling between San Antonio and Texas.
A Biden campaign spokesperson says the vehicles “attempted to slow the bus down and run it off the road,” and that following the incident an event at the Texas AFL-CIO was canceled out of an “abundance of caution.”
“Did you see the way our people were protecting his bus?” Trump boasts at a frigid rally in Washington, Mich., hours after tweeting a video of the caravan with the message: “I LOVE TEXAS.” “They had hundreds of cars. Trump. Trump. Trump, and the American flag.”
“These patriots did nothing wrong,” he tweets in response to news the FBI is investigating the caravan.
November 13, 2020: In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump’s allies spearhead a media campaign and a call to action of the President’s supporters.
“This is as serious a constitutional crisis as our nation has ever faced. We will only be the beacon of hope for the world if we are willing to stand with courage and integrity & defend our republic,” General Mike Flynn, former National Security Advisor, tweets. Sidney Powell echos the statements, saying in an interview that “This is essentially a new American revolution. And anyone who wants this country to remain free needs to step up right now.”
December 1, 2020: While the President’s supporters continue to ratchet up calls of martial law and use of force, Republicans beg the President to tamp down his rhetoric, concerned that it will lead to violence.
Lin Wood proclaims on Parler: “Our country is headed to Civil War…President Trump must follow the precedent of Abraham Lincoln and declare martial law.”
Meanwhile, as media attention focuses on battleground states, Gabriel Sterling, a Republican election official in Georgia, implores Trump in a passionate viral speech:
“Stop inspiring people to commit potential acts of violence. Someone is going to get shot, someone is going to get killed. And it’s not right.”
December 2, 2020: Violent rhetoric by President Trump’s allies continues as the Georgia Senate runoff race nears.
“We’re going to slay Goliath, the communists, the liberals, the phonies. Joe Biden will never set foot in the Oval Office of this country. It will not happen on our watch. Never gonna happen,” Lin Wood claims at the Stop the Steal Rally in Alpharetta, Georgia.
December 6, 2020: Armed protestors arrive at the home of Michigan Secretary of State, Jocelyn Benson, threatening violence after the results of the election.
December 8, 2020: The official Twitter account of the Arizona GOP asks supporters whether they are willing to die for President Trump.
In response to a Stop the Steal tweet saying “I am willing to give my life for this fight,” the Arizona GOP tweets, “He is. Are you?” The GOP account also tweets a clip of the 2008 movie “Rambo,” as the character proclaims, “This is what we do, who we are. Live for nothing, or die for something.” After public criticism, both tweets are deleted.
December 9, 2020:“I believe there will be violence in our streets soon.” Lin Wood predicts during an interview on the pro-Trump TV station, New Tang Dynasty Television.
December 12, 2020: On the day of “Stop the Steal” rallies, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio posts photos of himself taken at the White House, although the White House later denies he was invited.
Tarrio posts photos on Parler of himself on the White House portico, claiming that he had received a “last minute invite to an undisclosed location” while attending a protest in Washington D.C. The White House refutes the invitation and states that Tarrio did not meet with Trump, but does not explain how he passed screening for a public tour.
December 12, 2020: “Stop the Steal” rallies occur across the country and turn violent; President Trump expresses his support for his supporters’ participation in the rallies.
Trump tweets his encouragement: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA”
While Trump supporters also gather in Olympia, Washington, St. Paul, Minnesota, Trump allies Mike Flynn and Sebastian Gorka speak at the Washington D.C. rally. Flynn compares the protestors and Trump supporters to the story of Jericho, a Biblical story where the people peacefully conquer a city after marching around it.
December 14, 2020: As the Electoral College plans to meet in statehouses across the country to certify the 2020 election, credible threats of violence force building shutdowns in Michigan.
Arizona’s state capitol building receives increased security in advance of the vote as well.
December 17, 2020: Michael Flynn publicly floats the idea that President Trump could use the United States military in response to what the President falsely claims to be a rigged election.
“If he wanted to, [President Trump] could take military capabilities and he could place them in those states and basically rerun an election in each of those states.” “Martial law has been instituted 64 times. I’m not calling for that,” Flynn backtracks. “We have a constitutional process. … That has to be followed. But I will tell you I’m a little concerned about Chief Justice John Roberts at the Supreme Court. We can’t fool around with the fabric of the Constitution of the United States.”
Flynn’s interview sparks concerns that President Trump could invoke the Insurrection Act. North Carolina state senator Bob Steinburg (R) calls on Facebook (in a now deleted post) for President Trump to “declare a national emergency” and “invoke the Insurrection Act” in response to false claims that the election had been stolen from President Trump.
December 18, 2020: Michael Flynn and Sidney Powell meet with Trump and top administration officials in a heated meeting at the White House. Trump reportedly asks Flynn to inform him about the martial law idea; other advisors talk Trump out of this notion.
December 19, 2020: Trump begins to rally support around a large gathering of his supporters in Washington D.C. on January 6th, immediately following the Senate elections in Georgia and coinciding with Congress’ certification of President-elect Biden’s victory.
Trump tweets: “Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election” and “Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
December 20: General Flynn retweets a call for President Trump to “cross the Rubicon” made by Kelli Ward, Chair of the Arizona Republican Party.
Ward tweets, “Mr. President @realDonaldTrump – we are with you in #Arizona. We are working every avenue to stop this coup & to stop our Republic from crumbing. Patriots are united. Those who are against us are exposing themselves. #Liberty & #freedom are on the line. #CrossTheRubicon @GenFlynn.”
Originated by Ron Watkins, who once ran the far-right message board 8kun, where “Q” posts cryptic messages to QAnon followers, the hashtag #CrossTheRubicon soon proliferates across pro-Trump social media. It refers to Julius Caesar’s fateful decision to lead his army across the Rubicon River from Gaul into Italy, a clear violation of Roman law and a de facto declaration of war on the Republic. The phrase has more generally come to refer to passing a point of no return.
December 21, 2020: Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) tells attendees at a Turning Point USA rally to “call your congressman and feel free — you can lightly threaten them.”
December 27, 2020: Trump tweets, “See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow.”
December 28, 2020: Former Trump White House official Olivia Troye says she is “very concerned that there will be violence on January 6th because the president himself encourages it.”
Troye elaborates, “This is what [President Trump] does. He tweets. He incites it. He gets his followers and supporters to behave in this manner, and these people think that they’re being patriotic because they are supporting Donald Trump.”
January 1, 2021: Momentum builds for the January 6th rally, with increased calls for violence by Trump supporters.
Trump himself tweets, “The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C. will take place at 11:00 A.M. on January 6th. Locational details to follow. StopTheSteal!”
He also retweets Kylie Jane Kremer, chair of Women for America First, an organizer of the rally:
“The calvary[sic] is coming, Mr. President! JANUARY 6th”. The President responds “A great honor!” in his retweet.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) says on Newsmax that as a consequence of the dismissal of his lawsuit enjoining Mike Pence to overturn the election results, “you got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM.” The following day, Gohmert tweets a statement saying that he does not advocate violence.
January 2, 2021: The Proud Boys announce they will attend the January 6 event, saying they will do so “incognito.” The statement is widely reported in the news.
Special note: The Timeline includes acts of commission, and it is difficult to include acts of omission. However, it is important to note that President Trump does not issue any statement that the Proud Boys are not welcome.
In response to Proud Boys announcement, DC authorities announce concerns and measures that are being taken, but do not elaborate on specific precautions.
January 3, 2021: Support continues to grow for the January 6th event, as President Trump and ally Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) encourage supporters to show up.
At a rally ahead of the Georgia Senate special election, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) says, “We will not go quietly into the night. We will defend liberty. And we are going to win.”
Meanwhile, Trump retweets @CodeMonkeyZ (now suspended by Twitter): “If you are planning to attend peaceful protests in DC on the 6th, i recommend wearing a body camera. The more video angles of that day the better.”
January 4, 2021: On the eve of the two-days of events in DC, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is arrested in Washington D.C., as President Trump and Donald Trump Jr. call for supporters to “fight like hell.”
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio is arrested in Washington D.C. for burning a Black Lives Matter banner that he had taken from a Black church during December’s Stop the Steal rallies. He is found to be in possession of two high capacity firearm magazines, which is charged for possession.
At a pre-election rally in Georgia, Donald Trump, Jr., introducing his father, tells the crowd, “We need to fight.” President Trump then takes the stage, telling supporters, “They’re not taking this White House. We’re going to fight like hell.”
January 5, 2021: General Flynn directs veiled threats to Congress while speaking at a rally. “Those of you who are feeling weak tonight, those of you who don’t have the moral fiber in your body — get some tonight because tomorrow we the people are going to be here.”
January 6, 2021: In the morning, President Trump and his allies encourage his followers to show up for the protests over Twitter.
President Trump tweets, “The States want to redo their votes. They found out they voted on a FRAUD. Legislatures never approved. Let them do it. BE STRONG!”
“Today is 1776” tweets newly elected Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), who had earlier in the week made a video purporting to carry her firearm into the Capitol.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) tweets, “FIGHT. FOR. TRUMP.”
January 6, 2021: President Trump, members of his family and supporters speak at the rally on the National Mall in Washington D.C.
Donald Trump Jr. warms up the crowd, saying of Republican lawmakers, “If you’re gonna be the zero and not the hero, we’re coming for you.”
Rudy Giuliani is next. “If we’re right, a lot of them will go to jail. So let’s have trial by combat … I’ll be darned if they’re going to take our free and fair vote…We’re going to fight to the very end to make sure that doesn’t happen.”
Finally, President Trump makes a series of incendiary statements during his speech:
“I would love to have if those tens of thousands of people would be allowed the military, the Secret Service and we want to thank you and the police and law enforcement great you’re doing a great job, but I would love it if they could be allowed to come up with us.”
He directs them to the Capitol: “We’re going to walk down to the Capitol– and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them.”
“You’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
“Something is wrong here, something is really wrong, can’t 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.”
“So we are going to–we are going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, I love Pennsylvania Avenue, and we are going to the Capitol, and we are going to try and give–the Democrats are hopeless, they are never voting for anything, not even one vote but we are going to try–give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re try–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.”
January 6, 2021: Senator Josh Hawley raises a fist.
As he enters the Capitol, the Missouri Republican makes a clear gesture of support for the pro-Trump crowd.
Other Republican lawmakers show support for the growing protests. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) states at the rally, “Today is a time of choosing and tomorrow is a time of fighting. Today is also a day of revelation and separation…Today is the day American patriots start taking down names and kicking ass.”
January 6, 2021: The attack on the U.S. Capitol begins.
Trump is reportedly “initially pleased” by events as he watches them unfold, and “disregard[s] aides pleading with him to intercede.”
In fact, according to Republican Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, White House aides say that President Trump is “delighted,” while “walking around the White House confused about why other people on his team [are]n’t as excited.”
President Trump initially rebuffs and refuses requests to mobilize the D.C. National Guard. Eventually, the Guard is mobilized after an order from Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and acting Defense Secretary Christopher C. Miller. Vice President Mike Pence approves the order and the Guard is deployed.
Republican House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy demands that Trump make a statement denouncing the rioters. He refuses, leading to a “screaming match” between the two men.
Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter and advisor, tweets (and later deletes) a call for the violence to end, but addresses the tweet to “American Patriots,” earning swift backlash.
At 4:17 PM, President Trump releases a recorded statement on Twitter, reiterating his claims of a rigged election but telling the rioters that “You have to go home now, we have to have peace … We love you, you’re very special.”
At 6:01 PM, Trump tweets, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously & viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly & unfairly treated for so long. Go home with love & in peace. Remember this day forever!”
January 6, 2021: Pro-Trump supporters gather across the country as events in the Capitol unfold, with some state buildings evecuating as violence errupts.
Armed supporters of the President rally in Washington state, breaching a fence of the governor’s residence, though are unsuccessful in advancing further. State buildings are closed in Denver, Colorado, Austin, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico as rallies occur outside.
In Oregon, protestors burn an effigy of Governor Kate Brown, while in Arizona, a guillotine with a Trump flag is set up outside the statehouse. Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) Facetimes the crowds in Arizona, shortly after objecting to the certification of President-elect Biden’s victory in the state, telling protestors “I’m so proud of you for being out there, gotta love you for keeping the fight.”
January 6, 2021: The FBI counters claims that Antifa was involved.
Some conservative politicians and pundits immediately lob baseless claims that the riot was a false flag attack by Antifa. On a call with the press, an FBI spokesperson says, “We have no indication” of Antifa involvement. The arrests of 120 individuals over the next few days shows that longtime Trump supporters and right-wing militants comprised the attackers, an Associated Press report shows.
January 6, 2021: Death toll
Five people die in the assault on the Capitol, including U.S. Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Another fifteen officers are hospitalized, with 56 in total reported injured. For days, the White House is criticized for not flying the mast at half mast for the death of officer Sicknick. On January 10, officer Howard Liebengood, who had helped defend the Capitol, commits suicide. That day, President Trump finally orders the White House flag lowered to half mast.
How many of these did Trump retract or clarify?
@retire05:
@Ronald J. Ward: Cut and paste from a media that gave Trump 97 % negative coverage. You have no mind of your own.
@kitt:
I think we’ve covered this as the core of the problem. Trump friendly media doesn’t report the truth. They hide it, twist it, or flat out lie about it. This was exposed when a vast number of Trump cultists turned from Fox News and fled to Newsmax. It wasn’t that what Fox wasn’t reporting what was true but rather it was negativity of Trump. Newsmax wasn’t about to deter this new wave of audience with reality so for profit, fed them the QAnon lies they wanted to hear.
I again refer back to that 60 Minute interview where Trump admitted on live camera for all to hear that the reason he constantly referred to media that reported negatively of him as “fake news” was: “I say that because I need to dis– discredit you so that when you say negative things about me, no one will believe you.” So it has nothing to do with being fake or not but rather a need for the gullibles to believe it’s fake when they hear something negative of him.
This is perhaps a piece of the phenomenal puzzle as to why the cult cannot determine fact from fiction or why Trump could abet and conspire to the deaths of 5 people at the Capitol and not lose a single supporter. They have been programmed to not believe anything from those who report any negative truth of Trump while only believing those who will never report it. They’ve actually been indoctrinated to reject what is true and accept what is not true.
Meanwhile, in the real world:
Jan. 6 Rally Funded by Top Trump Donor, Helped by Alex Jones, Organizers Say
Remember when Trump told the white supremist Proud Boys to “stand by“? Remember when the entire FA lot were in full blown realty denial and insisted PB weren’t white supremist?
“Stop the Steal” Organizer Called for “Execution” of Trump’s Foes
A Major Trump Forum Scrubs Its Archives of Thousands of Pre-Riot Posts
Kevin McCarthy Made a Pilgrimage to the Holy Shrine of the Golden Commode
Further proof that this is nothing but hype and political propaganda, the references on the Demediacrats’ sites refer to those who died as “murdered”, though they exclude Ashli Babbitt from the count. 4 of the 5 died of medical emergencies and even the cop that died actually died of a stroke. If they had ONE SHRED of proof that Trump incited any violence, they wouldn’t need to LIE like the lying assholes they all are, including the IDIOT above that goes to the trouble of cutting and pasting a long list of bullshit TWICE without having even ONE legitimate example of “incitement of violence” unless he is finally willing to indict his leadership of inciting violence. (Hint: Actually telling people to go forth and commit violence is what is usually referred to as “inciting violence”.)
I guess someone should have read this definition before they took up space with pasting TWICE actual proof Trump DIDN’T incite anything.
Gee, sorry I missed Glick.
Of course he DID NOT! But American liberals have been liars for 61 years! Most of what was said about Don by liberals (Adam, Lisa, Liz, Mitt et al.) have not just been lies, but big lies. This is a BIG LIE!
There are a whole lot f Democrats who need to resign over this whole thing Starting with Nasty Nancy
@Ronald J. Ward: All the stories about Trump inciting anything have been debunked, and no one with a brain takes them seriously.
Meanwhile, a four year long coup culminating in a fraud election with video, computational, statistical, and affadavit-backed proof was perpetrated on the American people, allowing for an unelected nursing-home resident to trojan horse an even less elected female from being our second dictator.
There’s simply no proof of any right-wing insurrection, Trump or not.
There is however mountains of evidence of a Leftwing false flag operation that is pathetically being peddled in the media, for the minority of idiots that support racism and communism.
Biden: hates blacks.
Trump: helps blacks.
I trust Trump, because he actually does what he says he’ll do. Biden lies, and ignores black leaders like Ice Cube.
“The white liberal is the worst enemy to America, and the worst enemy to the black man. — Malcolm X
More true today than ever before.
A historic 15% vote of black voters for Trump shows the Left is loosing it’s slavery hold on the blacks.
Good.
@Ronald J. Ward: They didnt flee Fox the market was already saturated with anti Trump rhetoric and they simply were sick of the same old script even using the same exact phrases. Personally I havent had Cable since 2016 dont miss it or the monthly bill. L 03ive streamed many Trump rallys and speeches, not one has ever ended in violence. During his 2016 run the attendees were often attacked when leaving, some chased and beaten.
Trump didnt think anyone attending his rallies had to be anyones punching bag, and should defend themselves.
No the Proud boys are not White Sup. they are a diverse group of we take no shit from basement dwelling part time bernie baby bullies.
@Nathan Blue:
Well, no my friend, they certainly have not.
Trying to reason with you on any level was somewhat humorous at one time but I’m starting to feel like I’ve been picking on and making fun of someone who has no grasp of reality. Yes, I know, that opens the door for you to call me slow, dim witted and so forth because well, I just insinuated that of you but I realize now that it may be the limit of your debating skills.
You constantly demand things to be true which are not. You constantly accuse me of what I just accused you of. And you are constantly wrong.
That’s it. Abd it happens every single time.
You can’t even acknowledge Trump left us in a pandemic mess or that the economy is in a dire situation. And if you ever do admit the situation is real, you will then blame it on Biden because he’s now the president. And you’ll do this while insisting he isn’t the president.
You’re nuts! Bat shit crazy nuts!