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A timeline of what Donald Trump said before the Capitol riot
In his speech before the riot, he told supporters 'we’re going to walk down to the Capitol ... You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.'
President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and David Perdue at Dalton Regional Airport, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
By:
Amy Sherman
February 11, 2021
In the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, President Donald Trump repeatedly said he wanted his supporters to fight Congress on accepting the electoral college results that showed Joe Biden won.
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators, and congressmen and women,” Trump told his supporters shortly before the Capitol assault. “We’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.”
His supporters listened. Thousands of Trump supporters, waving Trump or Confederate flags and wearing MAGA gear, descended upon the Capitol. They overwhelmed law enforcement, pushed past police barricades, and temporarily stopped Congress from counting electoral votes.
Trump’s supporters had gathered earlier in the day for the “Save America” rally organized by a group called
“Women for America First.” Trump allies, including former campaign staffers, helped promote the event,
ABC News reported. Trump’s White House
schedule showed he was to speak at the rally that day.
Some of Trump’s fiercest allies also made incendiary statements at the rally.
“Let’s have trial by combat,” said Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, warming up the crowd for Trump.
We looked closely at the words Trump used to urge his supporters to show up and “fight” on his behalf Jan. 6. With Trump’s Twitter account permanently suspended, we used archives of his tweets by
Factba.se and the
Trump Twitter archive.
We contacted spokespersons for Trump and did not get a response.
What Trump said before Jan. 6
For months before Election Day, Trump repeatedly told his supporters falsehoods about voting, including that Democrats had
“rigged” the election. Trump ramped up the rhetoric after he lost the election, filing court challenges in battleground states trying to get judges to reverse the outcome. After he
racked up defeats in court, Trump’s tactics turned toward ordering senators to “fight” for him.
“.@senatemajldr and Republican Senators have to get tougher, or you won’t have a Republican Party anymore. We won the Presidential Election, by a lot. FIGHT FOR IT. Don’t let them take it away!” he
tweeted Dec. 18.
In December, Trump also issued a battle cry to his supporters broadly, encouraging them to gather on his behalf Jan. 6.
Dec. 12: On the day of
pro-Trump rallies in Washington, D.C.,
Trump tweeted “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.”
Dec. 12: “WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!” Trump said in another
tweet.
Dec. 19: Trump
tweeted his praise for a report by his adviser Peter Navarro alleging election fraud: “A great report by Peter. Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
Dec. 26: Trump tweeted: “The ‘Justice’ Department and the FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud, the biggest SCAM in our nation’s history, despite overwhelming evidence. They should be ashamed. History will remember. Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.”
Dec. 27: “See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow!”
Trump tweeted.