Jan. 6 attack ‘does not happen’ without Trump, Jack Smith told Congress

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/jan-6-attack-does-not-happen-without-trump-jack-smith-told-congress

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  1. Insane this guy was ‘elected’ wtf! People needro wake up!

  3. Nothing like definitive proof being offered to late well after the horse has bolted.

  4. Which should be plainly obvious to the whole country. We all saw him tell them to go march on the capitol. They weren’t there until he told them to go there to protest what was happening there. It was his damn insurrection. It was just a half-assessed one on his part. He didn’t fully commit. He had one foot in and one foot out. Hoping he could just light the match and let everyone else do all the dirty work and then he’d get to be in charge again. Not sure what he was really expecting/hoping for. But I’m glad it got shut down. If he had further instigated it could’ve gotten even worse. But it only got as bad as it did because of him. That was his march on the capitol to stop Congress by any means necessary. People there were ready to murder whoever got in their way, and they were doing so in trumps name, with trump’s blessing, and for trump’s benefit.

    >”The evidence here made clear that President Trump was by a large measure the most culpable and most responsible person in this conspiracy. These crimes were committed for his benefit. The attack that happened at the Capitol, part of this case, does not happen without him. The other co-conspirators were doing this for his benefit,” Smith said

    Which I don’t see how anyone could deny with a straight face. Trump was the center of the whole thing. The driving force. He clearly wanted them to succeed. He wanted to overthrow the government and reclaim power. He’s a traitor. He should’ve never been allowed to run after that. We’re fools for giving someone like that a second chance. He failed the first time, do you think he’s not gonna learn from that and adjust accordingly the next time he tries?

  5. Republicans Night of J6: “We will protect American democracy.”

    Republicans J7: “It was just a tour.”

  6. How could it happen without him? They went to capital hill because he told them to go there at a rally were he claimed with no evidence that the democrats had cheated and stolen the election like he had to months at that point.

  7. Lol, no cap, Trump straight up lit that fuse. 🎆 Sit back n watch folks, this ain’t the end at all, but just the beginning. Y’all think Jan 6 was something? Man, we ain’t seen nothing yet. Buckle up, it’s only gonna get crazier from here.

  8. Lol no shit. Everyone in that violent mob wasn’t wearing TRUMP merch by accident or coincidence haha

  10. It’s an inexcusable act that he was never put in prison for this

  11. And his gross little friends who arranged travel and hotel fir broke ass mtherfckers

  12. Shouldn’t the left start investigating Merrick Garland? He seems responsible for slowing down the investigation allowing Trump time to get elected.

  13. Also “does not happen” without the financial support of the RNC, every elected Republican who lent credibility to Trump’s lies, and every channel of right wing media who helped spread those lies far and wide.

  14. Trump has tried to stir his base up since his inauguration and it isn’t working. They now realize what a phony he is. Quack quack! says the lame duck..

  16. Has it happened before?

    Has it happened afterwards?

    Trump used his position to invoke a passion and frenzy in people. The BBC may have edited his speech, but they were highlighting the complete contrast that often happens between the start and end of Trumpism. A dangerous contrast that is unpredictable.

    This is astounding: “he had to be pushed repeatedly by his staff members to do anything to quell it”

  18. Anyone who disagrees is in serious denial. Unfortunately MAGA is too far gone.

  20. And to punish him for this crime against our nation we not only let him get away with it, we made him President again… us Americans are f-ing dumbasses. 

  22. Next you’re gonna tell me that 9/11 wouldn’t have happened without osama bin Laden

  23. I mean.. yeah?

    He tried to overturn an election he didn’t win and duped his gullible base into believing it was stolen from him. So of course it doesn’t happen without him.

  24. He gave signals to the conservative supporters and their proud boys for months even before Jan. 6th. The supporters fell deeper into the cult’s movement, and the “stand back and stand by” proud boys loved what he told them. We no longer had a decent country ever since Trump ran his mouth in 2016, everything else after is a vile byproduct.

  25. TRUMPEDO lead an insurrection and now wants to rewrite history. His reward to his insurrectionists was a full pardon. These people are the fascists army now running amok in ICE.

    Trump hates America and only loves himself!!

  26. What’s more: MAGA rioted the Capitol all for a billionaire pedophile.

    “Oh, no, those people wearing MAGA hats and waving MAGA banners were ANTIFA!” – That blew up in MAGA’s face quite nicely.

  28. Who *else* would the attack have been *for*?

    Biden, the candidate that Democrats voted for, **won** that election soooo….there weren’t any Democrat voters at J6. Why would there have been? Again, their guy is the one that actually won the election so that only leaves Republican voters committing illegal acts for the imagined benefit of the candidate that *they* support (Trump), who told them they ***should*** go and “fight” to prevent Biden’s win from being certified.

    Obviously Trump had his part in it, he fucking demanded the mag strips be taken ***out*** so that his supporters *could* bring real weapons onsite.

    How the fuck is it even in question about whether Trump had any part of it? **He HAD to have.**

  30. Most of us knew that already, but I’m sure Congress is all like shocked Pikachu face.

  31. That’s right. Causality and Effect. Trump is the cause.

  33. So if they did it again “unprovoked” this time would that help or make things worse?

  34. Why is this even supposed to be some kind of statement. He rewarded them with pardons and called them heroes. Thereby shitting on the forefathers and the entire history of America. What a fucking disgrace.

  37. Had four years to prosecute. Might as well convict smith for dereliction of duty lmao

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