How exactly did Trump incite violence? He condemned the insurgents. He said today that killing cops should result in the death penalty. How exactly is he inciting violence?
He called for the violence. He celebrated the violence. To the people who perpetrated the violence, he told them 'I love you.'
He is the cause of the violence, and continues to call for more violence.
Watched it live (although he had taped his comments). Every network was in continuous coverage. He said We love you; You're very special. as his "condemnation". Giulliani said it was armed combat in his speech.
Trump was referring to the protesters peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. At that time the Capitol had not yet been breached nor was there any particular reason to believe it would be. At most, Trump was calling for vigorous and enthusiastic protest. He was addressing a rally that was closer to the White House than the Capitol.
If what Trump said constituted "inciting" violence - there are many people who need to be arrested and convicted posthaste for "inciting violence" just for BLM related
So fucking funny to watch every comment describing factual timeline of events modded into oblivion. I get the funny feeling Slashdot admins are modding things carte Blanche. The comment above was asking for a specific source to justify the the respondents claim. How is that trolling? Asking for a citation is not fucking trolling.
I don't normally reply to -1 Trolls but, in this case, maybe you really don't know and are trying to improve yourself. The events were covered live on multiple platforms. I forget whether it was NBC or ABC's live coverage that I watched. The sequence of events is not in dispute and can be Googled. Asking for a timeline is either the result of being too lazy to Google or a means of deflection. If the former, yeah, there's not a -1 Lazy mod and probably not worth wasting mod points anyway. In the latter
If we were having a discussion about the evolution of butterflies and nobody was an evolutionary biologist, source citing would be paramount. When we are talking about the timeline of events where the president incited a riot, things are a bit different. What source can be cited? Associated Press? So that we can get flame bait about "They are the mainstream media?" The original Twitter video has been removed. Standard Trump-supporter rhetoric. The OP "watched it live." The person demanding a citatio
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Watched it live (although he had taped his comments). Every network was in continuous coverage. He said We love you; You're very special. as his "condemnation". Giulliani said it was armed combat in his speech.
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Trump was referring to the protesters peacefully exercising their First Amendment rights. At that time the Capitol had not yet been breached nor was there any particular reason to believe it would be. At most, Trump was calling for vigorous and enthusiastic protest. He was addressing a rally that was closer to the White House than the Capitol.
If what Trump said constituted "inciting" violence - there are many people who need to be arrested and convicted posthaste for "inciting violence" just for BLM related
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When people call for citation and proof, and the answer is "everyone aired it, just google it, don't be lazy", then you're really missing the point.
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