Get well 'Teflon' Don. But REMEMBER the dead and the CAPITOL dead when YOU DIDN'T STOP the RIOT.
You know, you’re the Commander in Chief. You’ve got an assault going on on the Capitol of the United States of America, and there’s
nothing? No call? Nothing? Zero? And it’s not my place to, you know, pass judgment or—I’m the, you know—but no attempt to
call the Secretary of Defense? No attempt to call the Vice President of the United States of America, who’s down on the scene?
To my knowledge, it wasn’t—I just noted it. President Trump’s closest advisors—both inside and out of the White House—implored him to act sooner. Earlier in the week, two of the President’s most trusted aides, Eric Herschmann and Hope Hicks, both wanted
President Trump to emphasize that January 6th would be a peaceful protest. President Trump refused. On the 6th, as the riot began to escalate, a colleague texted Hicks and wrote, “Hey, I know you’re seeing this. But he really should tweet something about Being NON-violent.” “I’m not there,” Hicks replied. “I suggested it several times Monday and Tuesday and he refused.”
Once the attack was underway, President Trump initially ignored the counsel of his own family, members of his administration, Republican elected officials, and friendly Fox News personalities. Both Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. wanted their father to tell the rioters to go home.
www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2021/a-tim...re-the-capitol-riot/
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