It is time to set the record straight about the Big Lie that Donald Trump in any way condoned or advocated violence on January 6.
He did not. Period. The entire argument, to be blunt, is an intentional distortion of the historical record and is absurd on its face.
Trump's speech did not finish before orchestrated violence first took place at the Capitol. The president explicitly told supporters to "peacefully and patriotically make their voices heard."
Donald Trump later stated, “I’m asking for everyone at the US Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence!”
According to the Trump Twitter Archive, this message was posted at 3:13 pm local time.
It followed a tweet at 2:38 pm which read “Stay peaceful!” — a mere NINE MINUTES after numerous protesters entered the Capitol complex.
“I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful. No violence! Remember, WE are the Party of Law & Order – respect the Law and our great men and women in Blue. Thank you!”
Twitter permanently banned Trump's account due to concerns of “further incitement of violence” in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021 upheaval, based on an entirely subjective reaction against his constitutionally protected right to claim the election was 'rigged.'
This was election interference of the highest order.
In a video message the following day, Trump called for a peaceful resolution to the election dispute and acknowledged that he would no longer be president after January 20, 2021.
"I would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol... America is and must always be a nation of law and order. The demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction, you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law, you will pay."
"Now, Congress has certified the results," he added. "A new administration will be inaugurated on January 20th."
There is absolutely no fair-minded way to read that Donald Trump advocated violence on January 6, let alone engaged in a seditious conspiracy to back a rabble of unarmed protesters going into the capitol to somehow overturn an election and secure him the presidency against the might of the U.S. military and its security forces.
Trump's enemies are not being stopped by the absurdity of their distorted narrative and its ludicrous misrepresentation of history. They are fully committed to their desperate bid to lock up the former president, regardless of their argument's inability stand up to reasoned scrutiny.
The Democrats are out for blood against Donald Trump — the fallout be damned. Even if America is damned along with it.
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