He sat in the White House watching the violence unfold on fox news for hours egging the protestors on on twitter while leaving Mike Pence to be hung while he very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets. Instead, he waited until it was clear that they already failed. We all saw it live on tv and Jack Smith's investigation brought out the details. Unfortunately, he was not permitted by the supreme court to provide his evidence.
> very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets.
That he didn't was repugnant and a dereliction of duty, but even if he had, do you honestly think that mob would have done anything different? People in groups don't think normally, that's pretty well studied and established; I don't think it would have made one whit of difference.
But he should have tried; I'm surprised someone didn't even tell him to just for the optics of it.
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They were simply chanting “hang Mike pence” because it sounded nice I'm sure.
Ah yes, the protests of 2020. Known for their love of and appreciation of all our politicians.
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He sat in the White House watching the violence unfold on fox news for hours egging the protestors on on twitter while leaving Mike Pence to be hung while he very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets. Instead, he waited until it was clear that they already failed. We all saw it live on tv and Jack Smith's investigation brought out the details. Unfortunately, he was not permitted by the supreme court to provide his evidence.
He also said “let’s all march to the capitol” and wanted to walk with them until the secret service stopped him
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> very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets.
That he didn't was repugnant and a dereliction of duty, but even if he had, do you honestly think that mob would have done anything different? People in groups don't think normally, that's pretty well studied and established; I don't think it would have made one whit of difference.
But he should have tried; I'm surprised someone didn't even tell him to just for the optics of it.
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> Egging the protesters on on Twitter
No. This is false. Trump specifically called for law and order at the protests twice on Jan 6th.
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Words are not always confined to their literal meaning. You need to read about the concepts of powertalk and the big lie.
Trump says many things and not all of them are true.
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This statement is, of course, false. They did bring weapons.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/08/jan6-defe...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/missouri-man-sentenced-fe...
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/977879589/yes-capitol-rioters...
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