Proof Meet Pudding: The event in real pictures.
“Undisciplined, some vandalism, most like normal tourists”
Wednesday, January 6,
2021: Storming the Capitol to “Stop the Steal” for Trump and keep him in office
by stopping the official Electoral College final vote certification overseen
by VP Mike Pence – very good analysis of events here from ABC News
(from January 8 article) – edited to fit the blog with this headline:
“Trump allies helped plan, promote rally that led to Capitol
attack”
The president urged
a sea of supporters to march to the Capitol.
In the days before the violent mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building
on January 6, 2021, President Donald J. Trump's political apparatus worked
behind the scenes with pro-Trump groups to plan and promote events in
Washington, D.C., that ultimately led to that attack on the nation's Capitol in Washington, DC.
Speaking at the “March to Save America” rally at the Ellipse
in President's Park, Trump urged a sea of supporters to march to the Capitol in
protest of the Electoral College vote count – telling the crowd he'd join them
but ultimately he did not – after delivering a speech pushing baseless and
unfounded claims that the election was rigged and telling the rowdy crowd in
typical Trump-speak: “You'll never take back our country with weakness. You
have to show strength.”
That Trump order sent thousands of his supporters marching
to the Capitol, where some would overpower law enforcement, topple barricades,
and then riot inside the halls of Congress in an unprecedented attack that left
five people dead.
While the rally was publicly promoted as being organized by
groups not directly tied to the president's team, including “Women for America
First” and “Stop the Steal,” behind the scenes White House staff and close
allies of the president, including former Trump campaign staff, worked with the
organizers to plan and promote the events that would ultimately erupt into the
deadly storming of the Capitol.
My 2 cents: Now we will wait and watch the soon-to-be appointed January 6 commission (like the 9/11 independent commission) to set the record straight and hopefully finally calling for Donald J. Trump to be held accountable for his not so subtle incitement speech (his precise words – not mine), and then his inaction to stop it.
Still today his continued denial, purpose, and intent to raise a lot of money for the purpose
of setting up his run in 2024. That has fast-growing GOP support by many in
Congress as reflected by their collective denials and crazy statements downplaying
that horrible day.
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