The protest was not at the Capitol. After being sent to the Capitol it became either a planned riot or an unplanned one. Regardless, it all came about because Trump called his protest on Jan 6th, the day Congress meets every 4 years to count the EC votes. Had he called his protest rally for Jan 5th or Jan 7th Mrs. Babbit would probably still be alive. Had he called off his rioting protesters as soon he knew the Capitol had been breached, she'd probably be still alive today.......I'm not the only American who know this.
"There's no question, none, that President
Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day. No question about it.
The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole, which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth. The issue is not only the president in temperate language on January 6th. It is not just his endorsement of remarks in which an associate urged quote "Trial by combat". It was also the entire manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe. The increasingly wild myths about a reverse landslide election that was somehow being stolen. Some secret coup by our now president.
Now I defended the president's right to bring any complaints to our legal system. The legal system spoke, the electoral college spoke. As I stood up and said, clearly at that time, the election was settled."
-Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell gave a speech on the Senate floor after his vote to acquit Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Read transcript here.
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