Sardines
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Very respectfully I disagree. I think it does matter and the breadcrumbs are all there. Texts, chat rooms, public statements, twitter posts, etc.. It all goes back to the White House.Imo it doesn't matter who coordinated it.
Trump yelled about how this was the most fraud in election history for months. Had people giving him money to "stop the steal" (this money of course was really for nothing more than trumps bank account). Telling pence not to certify the vote due to all the fraud. All while presenting no evidence and losing in court over 60 times.
When you have such a devoted flock and you rile them up and get them as mad as possible and then give a speech and tell that riled up angry mob to march on the Capitol and fight or you won't have a country anymore then you are responsible.
To top it off you just kick back and watch the carnage and do nothing to stop it. Then once law enforcement has it under control and trump sees that it isn't going to work he conveniently comes out of hiding and tells them to go home in a 1 minute long speech (1 minute from a guy who normally rambles for hours) 40 seconds of which trump did nothing more than offer sympathy to the rioters.
He also suggested later in the day that the invasion of the Capitol by his supporters was a natural consequence of his victory being "stripped away." Officials have found no evidence of widespread fraud and dozens of lawsuits aimed at flipping the results have failed in court. Not to mention all the audits and recounts.
We need to never forget or forgive his punk *** for how he handled his election loss and how he still speaks of that loss to this day. **** trump for that ****. Makes me very angry.
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I am being intentional in not saying it goes back to Trump, because none of the direct evidence can be 100% linked to him, but it absolutely can be linked to people sitting in the same room with him in the days previous and the day of, as it was unfolding. Then we have Trump's "be there on Jan 6th, it's gonna be wild!" tweet. On Jan 6th Trump was asked to say something to put a stop to what was happening. He did not try to stop it. He waited to see if it worked. Once it was clear it didn't he made a statement.
I'd convict Trump, but there is no direct link to the plans the groups (Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, etc.) were making straight to Trump. Always a person close to him but not him.