Originally Posted by
time4fun
Uh they were being encouraged to chant "Stop the Steal" the whole time, Trump pointed to the Capitol building and said "the steal is going on in there right now, this is your last chance to save your country". Meanwhile the speakers were repeatedly asking them what they were willing to sacrifice for their country and were invoking imagery of war.
Oh and it was a crowd full of fucking right-wing armed militiamen. *And he knew that*
What the hell was the President of the United States of America doing calling in a bunch of armed militiamen, pointing them to the Capitol, and telling them to "stop the steal" at any cost while every member of Congress and his own Vice President were busy supporting the peaceful transition of power? You think that crowd of Trump supports all flew down assuming they'd be marching on the Capitol? Somehow they all attended the same rally and all got the same great idea to go march on the Capitol and break in. What a coincidence, right?
At MINIMUM- that's a fucking questionable thing to be doing under any circumstances. His job is to protect our Constitutional processes, not put them at risk. Capitol police lost their lives that day and many ended up in the hospital. Did Trump EVER say he was sorry? Or express any sense of anger at what happened to them? (Hint: No)
Meanwhile, we're glossing over the fact that he was told repeatedly by his own DoJ that there was no massive fraud, and that the election was the safest and most secure election we've ever had. And the fact that the states had all run their audits (multiple in some cases) and found no errors. And he still spent months lying through his teeth about this magical massive voter fraud no one could see and that over 60 Judges all said they had no proof of.
Oh and in the middle of the insurrection (you know, when people were killing police officers and vandalizing our Capitol building) he told them they were special people, and that he loved them. This is while they were actively roaming the halls looking to fucking hang Congresspeople and his own Vice President.
So go on. Tell us more about how poor innocent Trump is the real victim and how it's just so crazy to think there was anything wrong with all of that.
