People took Trump seriously and literally. That's what they are telling police after they were arrested
In their own words
A man from Kentucky told the FBI that he and his cousin began marching toward the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 because “President Trump said to do so.” Chanting “Stop the steal,” the two men tramped through the building and snapped a photo of themselves with their middle fingers raised, according to court documents.
A video clip of another group of rioters mobbing the steps of the Capitol caught one man screaming at a police officer: “We were invited here! We were invited by the president of the United States!”
A retired firefighter from Pennsylvania who has been charged with throwing a fire extinguisher at police officers felt he was “instructed” to go to the Capitol by the president, a tipster told the FBI, according to court documents.
The accounts of people who said they were inspired by the president to take part in the melee inside the Capitol vividly show the impact of
Trump’s months-long attack on the integrity of the 2020 election and his exhortations to supporters to “fight” the results.
Some have said they felt called to Washington by Trump and his false message that the election had been stolen, as well as by his efforts to pressure Congress and Vice President Pence to overturn the result.
But others drew an even more direct link — telling the FBI or news organizations that they headed to the Capitol on what they believed were direct orders from the president issued at a rally that day. ...
Disturbing details of what happened inside the building have already emerged in court documents — including one witness who told the FBI that the rioters intended to kill any member of Congress they encountered. Officials have said they are still investigating whether the siege was planned and whether those involved intended to take hostages or otherwise harm elected leaders.
Wait. Let me get this straight.
People arrested and facing jail time for storming the capitol building are blaming Trump for their actions and not themselves?
Color me shocked....or shocked of color....or whatever we are supposed to say nowadays.
You are aware, I am sure, that Trump never told them to storm the capitol building. He said what hundreds of politicians said in the past....go to the steps of congress and peacefully and patriotically let your voices be heard.
But people facing jail time are blaming trump so they can get leniency.....and that is the proof Trump incited violenece.
And idiots who cant think for themselves sees credibility in such a defense.
Just see the MAGAs being arrested, why they did what they did.... ALL are claiming the same thing... Why are you not connecting the dots? You know they did what he wanted and encouraged and seeded.
Connecting the dots is easy with anything. I can connect the dots of a guy who tells a girl in a bar that he loves her and she is found dead the next day and say "his code was "I love you means I will kill you"......
Connect the dots?
Hmmm....did you connect the dots when Hunter made all kinds of money while his father oversaw the countries he made money in?
No. You said..."that shows me nothing"...there is no prooof.
COnnect the dots.
Please.
You think trump is dumb, doesn't know all the factions of his followers....doesn't know how to incite them.... I think you are foolish to keep making excuses for him.
You have to realize, the 81 million of us that voted him out, are not under his spell... we know he created the BIG LIE, that the election was stolen from him. He began that LIE in April 2020 and full force repeating it, in July 2020, before the first vote was cast. We know before the election, the Trump team was trying to convince the republican legislatures in battleground states to invalidate their state results and send a TRUMP set of electors.... yes, before the election, this was reported on the trump team doing....
This BIG LIE that the election was stolen from him and you,
Is as EVIL as can ever be....because it is a LIE.... He caused or incited an insurrection over a LIE he created to save face, for his loss....
He riled voters in to believing the BIG LIE, and now a lot of his follower lives, will never be the same....
If him doing that isn't evil, then I don't know what is....
He knows he lost SC, he knew he was going to lose months and months ago...his internal campaign told him so.... thus his devious, and unamerican plan....
You are not going to convince us his actions were innocent....we KNOW what he did.