Trump Says His Comments Before Capitol Riot Were 'Totally Appropriate'
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Says His Comments Before Capitol Riot Were 'Totally Appropriate'

NPR  

Trump Says His Comments Before Capitol Riot Were 'Totally Appropriate' Enlarge this image toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP Alex Brandon/AP Eight days from the end of his presidency, President Trump expressed no regret for his comments last week ahead of a riot and mob violence at the U.S. Capitol that resulted in the deaths of at least five people and multiple injuries. "People thought that what I said was totally appropriate," Trump said Tuesday when asked about his role in the siege, despite many at the highest levels of government — Republicans and Democrats — saying otherwise, three of his Cabinet members having resigned and a second impeachment effort now underway. "And if you look at what other people have said, politicians at a high level, about the riots during the summer, the horrible riots in Portland and Seattle and various other places, that was a real problem — what they said," Trump claimed, referring to protests over racial inequality and police brutality. What Trump — and his son Donald Trump Jr. and his attorney Rudy Giuliani — said last Wednesday at a rally on the Ellipse outside the White House has been roundly criticized by various members of Congress from both political parties, who were in direct danger.

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Trump says he doesn’t ‘mind’ if someone has to ‘shoot through’ the media
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump says he doesn’t ‘mind’ if someone has to ‘shoot through’ the media

Politico  

The comment, which drew laughter from the crowd, was one of several broadsides Trump launched against the press in his rally here. President Trump was brilliantly talking about the two assassination attempts on his own life, including one that came within 1/4 of an inch from killing him, something that the Media constantly talks and jokes about,” Cheung said. “The …

Thirty Years Later, Trump Returns to the White House, But This Time, He's Facing a Different Battle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Thirty Years Later, Trump Returns to the White House, But This Time, He's Facing a Different Battle

Associated Press  

Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign's closing argument on Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where Donald Trump helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. She will draw a contrast between her vision for the country and Trump's continued lies about the 2020 election, and the risks she says his return to the …

Trump's violent fantasies: Experts warn of "a terror that blinds us to what’s coming next"
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's violent fantasies: Experts warn of "a terror that blinds us to what’s coming next"

Salon  

Donald Trump has repeatedly shown himself to be a violent and dangerous man. Still the real implications of Trump’s threats remain essentially unexplored beyond castigations of his rhetoric and behavior as “crazy” and “unhinged." We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism Trump’s “one really violent day” threat reflects not just his personal attraction …

Jan. 6 can’t be denied in federal court
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Jan. 6 can’t be denied in federal court

Associated Press  

There are no broadcast television cameras inside the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse on Constitution Avenue. Rioters scale a wall outside the Capitol as the mob of Donald Trump supporters stormed the building on Jan. 6, 2021. Then-President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd of his supporters during his “Stop the Steal” rally near the White House on Jan. 6, …

Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them
1 year ago

Trump embraces the Jan. 6 rioters on the trail. In court, his lawyers hope to distance him from them

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump has embraced the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as patriots, vowed to pardon a large portion of them if he wins a second term and even collaborated on a song with a group of jailed defendants. Despite losing a bid to strike from the indictment references to that day’s violence, defense …

Expert says Trump could have defended Capitol on Jan. 6 as disqualification case enters new phase
1 year, 1 month ago

Expert says Trump could have defended Capitol on Jan. 6 as disqualification case enters new phase

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. DENVER — Then-President Donald Trump could have mobilized the National Guard and other federal agencies to protect the U.S. Capitol once violence broke out on Jan. 6, 2021, a law professor testified Tuesday as a case to bar the former president from the 2024 ballot moved into a new phase. …

Trump once condemned the Jan. 6 rioters. Now he’s become one of their biggest supporters
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump once condemned the Jan. 6 rioters. Now he’s become one of their biggest supporters

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The day after Jan. 6, 2021, then-President Donald Trump denounced the rioters who violently stormed the Capitol building, breaking through barricades, battling law enforcement and sending members of Congress — who were set to formally certify his reelection loss — running for their lives. That March, in an interview with Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham, Trump claimed …

Some Trump supporters ambivalent on calls for protests
1 year, 9 months ago

Some Trump supporters ambivalent on calls for protests

The Hindu  

Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters, with even some of his most ardent loyalists dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. Ali Alexander, who as an organizer of the “Stop the Steal” movement staged rallies to promote Trump’s …

5 key takeaways from January 6 panel’s report on US Capitol riot
2 years ago

5 key takeaways from January 6 panel’s report on US Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

Washington, DC – “One man” is ultimately responsible for last year’s attack on the United States Capitol: Former President Donald Trump. Here is a look at five key takeaways from the final report: Trump is ‘central cause’ of the riot The report unambiguously blamed Trump for the attack on the Capitol: “The central cause of January 6th was one man, …

Trump promotes Truth Social post claiming the Capitol riot was a 'false flag'
2 years ago

Trump promotes Truth Social post claiming the Capitol riot was a 'false flag'

Raw Story  

Fresh off hosting a QAnon conference at Mar-a-Lago and bringing a Holocaust denier over for dinner, former President Donald Trump on Wednesday promoted a conspiracy theory about the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol building. On his Truth Social network, the former president boosted a post from an anonymous user who baselessly claimed that the Capitol riot was …

Trump sets off alarm bells after sharing Truth Social warning of 'riots in the streets'
2 years, 3 months ago

Trump sets off alarm bells after sharing Truth Social warning of 'riots in the streets'

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday shared a video on his struggling Twitter knockoff Truth Social of Sen. Linsey Graham, R-S.C., warning of "riots" in the streets if he is indicted. "If there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling classified information after the Clinton debacle… there'll be riots in the streets," Graham told Gowdy, who led the infamous …

Andrew McCabe: Trump is inflaming violent followers 'because he knows the effects it will have'
2 years, 4 months ago

Andrew McCabe: Trump is inflaming violent followers 'because he knows the effects it will have'

Raw Story  

On CNN Monday, former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe tore into former President Donald Trump, accusing him of deliberately inflaming violence against the federal agents investigating him for retaining highly classified information at his Mar-a-Lago resort. "DHS' response over the last few days indicates to me that maybe they are taking this sort of violent rhetoric on largely right-wing social …

Donald Trump's original speech after the Capitol riot has been revealed. Here are the words he refused to say
2 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump's original speech after the Capitol riot has been revealed. Here are the words he refused to say

ABC  

The January 6 hearings may be on hiatus until September, but that hasn't stopped committee members from continuing to reveal more material on former US president Donald Trump's role in the Capitol riots. Elaine Luria, a Democrat and member of the January 6 committee, has posted to Twitter a three-minute video which includes testimony from White House aides discussing Mr …

Trump deleted lines from his speech about prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters after Capitol insurrection
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump deleted lines from his speech about prosecuting Jan. 6 rioters after Capitol insurrection

Salon  

Donald Trump removed lines about prosecuting January 6 rioters from a speech he delivered the day after the Capitol riot, according to congressional testimony provided on Monday. RELATED: Trump "was the cancer in the center" of January 6 plot During the select committee's eighth hearing last week, the panel played footage of closed-door testimony from former Trump adviser Jared Kushner, …

Trump quickly regretted his Jan. 7 video as the Capitol riot ignited an internal power struggle: report
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump quickly regretted his Jan. 7 video as the Capitol riot ignited an internal power struggle: report

Raw Story  

On January 7, 2021, then-President Donald Trump released a video where he finally agreed to the transfer of power to Joe Biden. "Trump’s push to deliver a second speech countering the one he gave on Jan. 7 came amid an internal struggle over his post-Jan. 6 messaging," Rolling Stone's report stated. Republican blows up on Biden appointee at House hearing …

Trump made video condemning Capitol riots because he feared cabinet would use 25th Amendment to remove him: CNN
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump made video condemning Capitol riots because he feared cabinet would use 25th Amendment to remove him: CNN

Raw Story  

Thursday night's House Select Committee hearing is expected to dive into former President Donald Trump's actions during the January 6th Capitol riots -- and also his actions in the immediate aftermath. On January 7th, 2021, Trump made a video in which he condemned the riots at the Capitol as lawless acts of violence. CNN's Kaitlan Collins said on Wednesday that …

Trump didn’t stick to script asking supporters to leave Capitol, Jan. 6 panel says
2 years, 5 months ago

Trump didn’t stick to script asking supporters to leave Capitol, Jan. 6 panel says

LA Times  

Footage of President Trump addressing rioters in a video from the Rose Garden on Jan. 6, 2021, plays above members of the House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol. Then-President Trump did not stick to a video script laid out for him after he was urged by officials to ask supporters to peacefully leave the Capitol on Jan. 6, …

Next Jan. 6 Hearing Will Examine 187 Minutes When Trump Did Nothing To Quell Capitol Riot
2 years, 5 months ago

Next Jan. 6 Hearing Will Examine 187 Minutes When Trump Did Nothing To Quell Capitol Riot

Huff Post  

After telling his supporters at a rally earlier that day to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell,” Trump “gleefully” watched the violence unfold on TV from the White House dining room, his former press secretary Stephanie Grisham told CNN. Trump “hit rewind” for some sections of the riot on a recorded TV program to watch them again, said …

Jan 6 rioter blames Trump for Capitol attack: ‘We were just following what he said’
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan 6 rioter blames Trump for Capitol attack: ‘We were just following what he said’

The Independent  

A man who earlier this year pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to the Capitol riot testified on Tuesday that he went to the attack at Donald Trump’s direction. Stephen Ayres told committee members during his testimony that he had never planned to go to the Capitol itself before Donald Trump’s rhetoric during his speech directing his supporters to march …

January 6 committee reveals how a tweet from Donald Trump and an 'unhinged' meeting at the White House sparked the Capitol riot
2 years, 5 months ago

January 6 committee reveals how a tweet from Donald Trump and an 'unhinged' meeting at the White House sparked the Capitol riot

ABC  

With the final scheduled hearing of the January 6 committee looming, the panel investigating the Capitol riot is zeroing in on former US president Donald Trump. Trump's tweet about a 'big protest' In the early hours of December 19, 2020, "President Trump turned away from both his outside advisers' most outlandish and unworkable schemes and his White House Counsel's advice …

Jan. 6 Crime-o-Meter: Sure Seems Like Trump Knew There Would Be Violence
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan. 6 Crime-o-Meter: Sure Seems Like Trump Knew There Would Be Violence

Slate  

In the tradition of the Clintonometer, the Trump Apocalypse Watch, and the Impeach-O-Meter, the Is It a Crime-O-Meter is a wildly subjective and speculative estimate of whether the Jan. 6 select committee’s work will convince enough individuals of relevance that Donald Trump committed insurrection-related crimes that he will be, in some fashion, held accountable for them. Immediately following that reportedly …

‘Just following what he said’: Takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing on Trump’s actions and the riot
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Just following what he said’: Takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing on Trump’s actions and the riot

LA Times  

Former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone is seen in a video interview during Tuesday’s hearing. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol spent its seventh hearing Tuesday focused on the origins of the mob and former President Trump’s role in inciting it. More details on an ‘unhinged’ Oval Office meeting The hearing presented new details …

Jan 6 panel pushes to link Trump to Capitol violence – a timeline
2 years, 5 months ago

Jan 6 panel pushes to link Trump to Capitol violence – a timeline

Al Jazeera  

Panel: Trump knew there was no evidence of voter fraud, but told supporters to come to Washington, DC, on Jan 6 anyway. pic.twitter.com/wjAxwra6XQ — January 6th Committee July 12, 2022 12 Jul 2022 - 19:21 GMT Twitter witness says tried ‘for months’ to get company to do something about Trump and hardliners On the eve of the January 6 rally, …

Trump blasts US Capitol riot hearings as ‘mockery of justice’
2 years, 6 months ago

Trump blasts US Capitol riot hearings as ‘mockery of justice’

Al Jazeera  

Trump accuses a committee investigating his role in the Capitol riot of being a ‘kangaroo court’ to distract Americans from larger problems. Former President Donald Trump has decried the congressional inquiry into the riot by his supporters last year at the United States Capitol as a “mockery of justice”. Trump’s comments came following a hearing of the US House Select …

Key takeaways from US Congress hearing on January 6 Capitol riot
2 years, 6 months ago

Key takeaways from US Congress hearing on January 6 Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

Trump took centre stage as US lawmakers pushed to highlight the danger and violence of the 2021 attack on US Capitol. “On the morning of January 6, President Donald Trump’s intention was to remain president of the United States despite the lawful outcome of the 2020 election and in violation of his constitutional obligation to relinquish power,” she said. Al …

Trump 'incitement' tweet new focus of Jan. 6 investigators: report
2 years, 8 months ago

Trump 'incitement' tweet new focus of Jan. 6 investigators: report

Raw Story  

According to a report from the New York Times, Justice Department prosecutors and congressional investigators are renewing their focus on a December tweet from former president Donald Trump in December that they feel set the stage for the Jan 6th riot at the Capitol. According to the report, "Federal prosecutors and congressional investigators have gathered growing evidence of how a …

‘I trusted the President': Jan. 6 rioters in their own words
2 years, 11 months ago

‘I trusted the President': Jan. 6 rioters in their own words

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Facing prison time, many Jan. 6 rioters admit they were wrong to enter the U.S. Capitol and disavow political violence, despite what former President Donald Trump claims in spreading lies about the attack. ___ “False claims were made on media sources, as well as by the President himself, that the election system had been corrupted and that the …

A timeline of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — including when and how Trump responded
2 years, 11 months ago

A timeline of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — including when and how Trump responded

NPR  

A timeline of the Jan. 6 Capitol attack — including when and how Trump responded Enlarge this image toggle caption Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Jon Cherry/Getty Images; Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images; Jon Cherry/Getty Images; Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images January 6, 2021, was a Wednesday. Enlarge this image toggle caption Samuel Corum/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Samuel Corum/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Shortly …

Trump supporters plan ‘vigils’ across US on 6 January to support Capitol rioters
2 years, 11 months ago

Trump supporters plan ‘vigils’ across US on 6 January to support Capitol rioters

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Trump supporters are reportedly planning “vigils” on 6 January to …

January 6th committee seeks potentially damning Trump video made during 'hours of silence' during riot
3 years ago

January 6th committee seeks potentially damning Trump video made during 'hours of silence' during riot

Raw Story  

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6th riots at the United States Capitol wants to know more about what former President Donald Trump was doing during what the Washington Post describes as "hours of silence" during the insurrection. Rep. Bennie Thompson tells the Post that the committee is particularly interested in what Trump did right before he publicly broke …

Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6
3 years ago

Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop the violence. He is destroying his legacy.” But on her show …

Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6
3 years ago

Texts show top Trump defenders’ private alarm on Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As a mob overran the U.S. Capitol last January, some of Donald Trump’s highest-profile defenders in the media — and even his own son — sent urgent text messages to the White House chief of staff urging him to get the then-president to do more to stop the violence. He is destroying his legacy.” But on her show …

Capitol attack hearing: ‘Kill him,’ racial slurs and more
3 years, 4 months ago

Capitol attack hearing: ‘Kill him,’ racial slurs and more

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — During emotional, tense and sometimes angry testimony Tuesday, four police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 vividly recalled the violence they endured while fighting against a mob of Donald Trump’s supporters. The Jan. 6 insurrection, an attempt to stop the certification of President Joe Biden’s win, came after then-President Trump held a rally in Washington where …

Capitol riot report: Anger as Trump’s role excluded but new details of security failures revealed
3 years, 6 months ago

Capitol riot report: Anger as Trump’s role excluded but new details of security failures revealed

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A new report into the 6 January Capitol riot has …

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’

The Hindu  

Former President Donald Trump on March 25 defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, saying they posed “zero threat” to the lawmakers who had assembled there to certify the Electoral College vote that confirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race. Mr. Trump complained to Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham that law enforcement …

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, saying they posed “zero threat” to the lawmakers who had assembled there to certify the Electoral College vote that confirmed Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential race. Trump complained to Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham that law enforcement …

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’ to lawmakers
3 years, 8 months ago

Trump defends Capitol rioters, says there was ‘zero threat’ to lawmakers

LA Times  

Former President Trump defended some of his supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol, saying Thursday that they posed “zero threat” to the lawmakers who had assembled to confirm President Biden’s victory in the November election. Trump complained to Fox News Channel’s Laura Ingraham that law enforcement was now “persecuting” the Capitol rioters, hundreds of whom have been arrested, while …

Trump's impeachment trial opens with dramatic video of how Capitol riots unfolded
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump's impeachment trial opens with dramatic video of how Capitol riots unfolded

ABC  

Democrats opened Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial by showing a graphic video of the deadly attack on the United States Congress that came soon after the then-president told his supporters to "fight like hell" against his election defeat. Key points: Donald Trump is the first US president to be impeached twice He is accused of inciting his supporters to …

Trump lawyers: ‘Not a single word’ in speech led to Capitol riot
3 years, 10 months ago

Trump lawyers: ‘Not a single word’ in speech led to Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

On the day before Trump’s impeachment trial begins, his lawyers are arguing he did not incite last month’s violence. In a pre-trial brief filed on Monday before Tuesday’s impeachment trial in the Senate, Trump’s legal team, Bruce Castor and David Schoen, offered a robust response to House Democrats’ charges that the former president is guilty of “incitement of insurrection”. Democrats …

'He invited us': Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense
3 years, 10 months ago

'He invited us': Accused Capitol rioters blame Trump in novel legal defense

India Today  

Emanuel Jackson, a 20-year-old Washington area man, was caught on video using a metal bat to strike the protective shields wielded by police officers as they tried to fend off rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Jackson, awaiting trial in federal court on assault charges, is now adopting a novel legal defense: seeking to pin the blame on …

Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial
3 years, 11 months ago

Supporters’ words may haunt Trump at impeachment trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection. Chanley’s lawyer unsuccessfully lobbied for a pardon for his client before Trump’s term ended, saying Chansley “felt like he …

Republicans Seek To Distance Themselves From The Mob That Stormed The Capitol: Poll
3 years, 11 months ago

Republicans Seek To Distance Themselves From The Mob That Stormed The Capitol: Poll

Huff Post  

Only 7% of Republicans now say the actions of Donald Trump supporters who invaded the Capitol last week were mostly right, down from 22% who said the same in an earlier HuffPost/YouGov poll. Only 7% of Republicans now say the actions of President Donald Trump’s supporters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 were mostly right, down from 22% who …

Donald Trump 'unequivocally' condemns US Capitol violence in subdued message hours after impeachment
3 years, 11 months ago

Donald Trump 'unequivocally' condemns US Capitol violence in subdued message hours after impeachment

Firstpost  

Outgoing United States president Donald Trump on Thursday unequivocally condemned last week’s Capitol Hill riot, and asserted there is never a justification or an excuse for such a violence. “Violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement,” he said in a video recorded in the Oval Office of the White House. “Like …

In First Public Appearance Since Insurrection, Trump Shirks All Responsibility
3 years, 11 months ago

In First Public Appearance Since Insurrection, Trump Shirks All Responsibility

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In his first public appearance since he incited a seditious mob that violently and illegally attempted to seize power from a coequal branch of government and overturn the results of a free and fair election, President Donald Trump showed no remorse and instead expressed dismay that he’s facing impeachment over it. pic.twitter.com/90Pdt8xFSz — CSPAN January 12, 2021 …

Term nearing end, Donald Trump enroute Texas to see border wall, situation tense
3 years, 11 months ago

Term nearing end, Donald Trump enroute Texas to see border wall, situation tense

India Today  

US President Donald Trump has emerged from seclusion on Tuesday for the first time since the US Capitol was ransacked by pro-Trump protesters and will travel to Alamo, Texas, to visit his signature border wall. Trump is expected to deliver remarks highlighting the progress made on his signature 2016 campaign promise: building a “big, beautiful wall” across the length of …

Trump Has Incited Violence All Along. The GOP Just Didn't Care Until Now.
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump Has Incited Violence All Along. The GOP Just Didn't Care Until Now.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING After President Donald Trump urged a riotous mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, some Republicans have finally had enough. At least 10 Trump administration officials have resigned since Wednesday’s attack, in which five people, including a police officer, died. Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Trump’s golfing buddies, said it “breaks my heart that my …

Whether Trump ‘incited’ Capitol riot is in eye of the beholder
3 years, 11 months ago

Whether Trump ‘incited’ Capitol riot is in eye of the beholder

Al Jazeera  

It should be easy to make the political argument Trump’s words are at fault. According to the House resolution laying out the article of impeachment the US House of Representatives is expected to debate this week, it was Trump’s speech at the Ellipse, just across the street from the White House, that is the evidence for their allegation that Trump …

'Risk of further incitement': Twitter's full statement on why it permanently suspended Donald Trump's account
3 years, 11 months ago

'Risk of further incitement': Twitter's full statement on why it permanently suspended Donald Trump's account

Firstpost  

Twitter on Friday, citing “the risk of further incitement of violence" following the violence at the Capitol on Wednesday. Overview On January 8, 2021, President Donald J. Trump tweeted: “The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. !” Shortly thereafter, the President tweeted: …

Public Condemns Pro-Trump Capitol Rioters, But Many Republicans Say They 'Had A Point'
3 years, 11 months ago

Public Condemns Pro-Trump Capitol Rioters, But Many Republicans Say They 'Had A Point'

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Americans are broadly united in opposing the pro-Donald Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol this week, a new HuffPost/YouGov survey finds. Just 14% of the public, including 27% of Republicans, say they felt that the Trump supporters storming the Capitol represented people like them. In answering a separate question, 22% of Republicans say the actions of …

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