The Trump Insurrection: How Donald J. Trump and the right incited insurrection and attempted a coup d'etat
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The Trump Insurrection: How Donald J. Trump and the right incited insurrection and sedition and attempted coup d'etat
A. B. Man III
01/12/2021
01/17/2021
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was sacked in a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress in an attempted coup d’état. With help from his allies, Fox News, right-wing media and some in the Republican Party; Donald J. Trump incited insurrection, sedition, attempted a coup d’etat and caused the sacking of the United States Capitol. Donald J. Trump’s coup attempt involved some House members, some Senate members, and Mike Pence overturning the election certification process with the hope that Trump could steal the election and steal the presidency. If those on the right really wanted to stop the steal, they should have told Trump to stop lying about the election and stop trying to steal the election. Trump sent his supporters to the United States Capitol in hopes that maybe they could scare congress into helping him over turn the election so he could remain the president. We do not have all the facts yet but from what we know so far about the coup attempt is Trump tried to overturn the election and the insurrectionist came prepared to kidnap and kill some in congress, hang Mike Pence and stop the vote count to keep Trump in power and prevent Biden from becoming president. Some on the right including Trump, his family members, his allies, republicans including some in the House and Senate, Fox news and other right-wing media organizations defended and amplified Trump lies that there was massive voter fraud and the election was stolen and they needed to fight for Trump to overturn the election. The election was not stolen and there was no way to overturn the election but Trump, Fox news, right-wing media and others including some in congress convinced some people they could. The questions one has to ask was Trump’s attempt to overturn the election (steal the election) and the attempt to sack the United States Capitol and overthrow the government connected and if so by who?
Donald J. Trump is greatest threat America has ever faced his lies peddle by Fox news, right-wing media Republicans about the election caused millions of Americans to believe the election was stolen because there was mass voter fraud and election fraud. For some those beliefs lead to insurrection, sedition and the sacking of the United States Capitol. The next greatest threats are right-wing media and the Republican Party who promoted and defended his lies that lead to insurrection, sedition and the sacking of the United States Capitol. Trump, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party used the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP); downplay, lie, defend the lie, deny, deflect, blame others, attack the facts, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, propaganda, divide, racism and when all else fails use apples to oranges whataboutism in an attempt to steal the election. Trump is the best at the lie, but he did have help from Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party to support and defend his lies using the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP). Trump has lied to the American over 30,000 times, some people still believe what he says because his allies, some family members, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party supported and defended his lies, and in some case amplifying the lies using the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP). If Trump his allies, family members, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party had told the truth and called him out when he told his lies about coronavirus over 300,000 people would still alive. Millions of Americans would not believe there was mass voter fraud and election fraud; millions of Americans would not believe the election was stolen and the insurrection and sacking of the United States Capitol would not have happened.
Trump lied to his supporters about the election he told his supporters there was mass voter fraud, election fraud and the election was stolen some on the right, Fox news, right-wing media, his allies, some of his family members and some in the Republican Party prompted and amplified the lies. Some of his supporters attacked the Capitol of the Untied State of America in belief that the election was stolen and they had to fight to overturn the election. Some people believing the lies planned to kidnap and kill some of the United States congress and Mike Pence. Before the election Donald J. Trump claimed the election would be rigged and he claimed if he lost, it was rigged. Because someone loses and election does not mean it is rigged, only someone attempting to steal an election would say that. Donald J. Trump is the one who tried to rig and steal the election. First he tried to slow down the mail so that democratic votes would not be counted when that failed he tried to get the courts to overthrow the election and give it to him. When the courts refused to help him with his coup attempt Trump tried to get state and local election officials and legislators to change the vote count and overturn the election and the will of the voters in his attempt at a coup d’etat.
When the courts, state and local election officials and legislators refused to help in his coup attempt, he got his allies, Fox News, right-wing media, and House and Senate members to help in him in his coup attempt. Trump his children his allies, some House and Senate members and right-wing media pushed a lie about mass voter fraud, election fraud and a stolen election but only in states that Trump lost. The fact that they pushed lies about mass voter fraud and election fraud only in the states Trump lost, and only about the presidential election and not the other elections for other offices that took place at the same time and same place. Add to that the fact the courts did not find any voter fraud should tell anyone with common sense that it was all lies there was not mass fraud, no election fraud and the election was not stolen. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right attempted the greatest suppression of minority votes ever in an attempt to steal an election and commit a coup d’teat.
Some in the House and the Senate tried to help Trump in his coup attempt when they delayed the certification process in a failed attempt to get it kicked back to the states so Republicans could help him steal the election and give the presidency to Trump. Part of that attempt was to get his supporters to force the House and Senate to overrule the votes of the people in the states Trump lost and give Trump the presidency. That attempt lead to the sedition, insurrection and the sacking of the United States Capitol in a failed attempt to overthrow our government and commit a coup d’etate. It was not antifa, BLM or the left the stormed the United States Capitol it was Trump’s supporters incited by, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right who help in Trump’s attempt to steal the election, overthrow the government and the will of the people.
Americans need to wake up it is not the left we need to fear it is Donald J. Trump, Fox news, right-wing media, Republicans and the rabbit right. Americans need to realize that Trump and some of his supporters in the House and the Senate attempted to overthrow the government by overturning the election. While the House and the Senate delayed the certification other Trump supporters attempted to overthrow the government by force and some of Trump’s supporters wanted to kidnap and kill some House and the Senate members and hang Mike Pence and they came prepared with zip-cuffs, nooses and weapons. Make no mistake about it; it was a coup attempt on multiple levels. There is some evidence to suggest the sacking of the United States Capitol may have been and inside job, time will tell if some or all the actions were coordinated, how many people were involved, who all was involved and how far up is goes.
Make no mistake about it the rabbit right are domestic terrorist and have killed more Americans than terrorist. White supremacists have overthrown a government before and just attempted to overthrow our federal government. Trump, Fox news, right-wing media and white supremacists our a danger to America. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right who lied about mass voter fraud, election fraud and a stolen election did it in an attempt to help Trump steal the election. If they really wanted to stop the steal then they would have told Trump and his allies to stop trying to steal the election. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right lied to the American people about voter fraud and they lied that they could somehow change the outcome of the election if they went to United States Capitol. Now the big lie is it was antifa who sacked the United States Capitol no it was not antifa it was Trump supporters, so far only Trump supporters have been identified and arrested, that may change there could be a few, but the majority were Trump supporters and the rabbit right. The voter fraud claim was a lie and it is just plain wrong that Trump and the right convinced people that the election was stolen, it was not stolen no matter how many times they say was. We need to call out those who are attempting to divide and destroy our country with lies and alternative facts before it is too late and we will lose our democratic republic the next time they may succeed in the overthrow of our country.
The Original Article
Trump Insurrection Receipts
More on how Trump his allies and right media attempted to steal the election and overthrow the will of the people.
Trump Insurrection Videos
Videos of the riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress and the sacking of the United States Capitol. On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was sacked in a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress in an attempted coup d’état. Some of Donald J. Trump’s MAGA supporters carried out the coup attempt in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and overthrow the government of the United State of America. Some of the insurrectionist came prepared to kidnap and kill some in congress, hang Mike Pence and stop the vote count to keep Trump in power and prevent Biden from becoming president.
January 6 Commission
The National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, known colloquially as the January 6 commission.
Trump admits his intention to overthrow government in a coup
By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON—Seizing and impounding voting machines in key swing states. Strong-arming the Vice President to overturn the 2020 election by throwing out electoral votes. Sending false electoral vote certificates to Congress. Witness tampering. And now calling for nationwide repeats of Jan. 6 insurrections. And on top of all of that Donald Trump declares that if he wins the Oval Office again in 2024 he’ll pardon the invaders and insurrectionists who smashed into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. There appears to be no limit to the lengths Donald Trump would go to retain the presidency he lost in the November 2020 election. News reports, evidence being submitted to the special House panel probing the white nationalist Trumpite insurrection to stop the electoral vote count, and even Trump’s own statements as recently as Jan. 31 all point to his constant and determined efforts to illegally stay in power. All this adds up, one Yale law professor wrote in a Politico op-ed, to the “seditious treason” now being charged against leaders of the insurrection.
Donald Trump's hands are all over the coup attempt
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN) With each passing day, it seems, new revelations come to light that suggest how intimately involved then-President Donald Trump and his advisers were in the coup attempt leading up to the events of January 6, 2021. The latest bombshell came Thursday night when CNN reported that Trump lawyer and confidant Rudy Giuliani, as well as other Trump campaign aides, spearheaded the efforts to gather alternate electors in seven swing states in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. "Giuliani and his allies coordinated the nuts-and-bolts of the process on a state-by-state level, the sources told CNN. One source said there were multiple planning calls between Trump campaign officials and GOP state operatives, and that Giuliani participated in at least one call. The source also said the Trump campaign lined up supporters to fill elector slots, secured meeting rooms in statehouses for the fake electors to meet on December 14, 2020, and circulated drafts of fake certificates that were ultimately sent to the National Archives.".
The Trump coup attempt is ongoing
Trump, we now know, paged through federal departments and agencies looking for willing insurrectionists. With every revelation about Trump’s extensive efforts to overturn the election, the flaccid response of Republicans makes the next coup more thinkable.
By Mona Charen
Some look back on the events following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and think we dodged a bullet: There was a coup attempt, and thankfully it failed. Others believe that the whole thing has been overblown. Even as evidence piles up that the coup was far more extensive than siccing a mob on the Capitol, those two takes seem unshaken. There is another way to look at it: The coup is ongoing. With every new revelation about how extensive Trump’s efforts to overturn the election were — and they are arriving on an almost daily basis — the flaccid response of Republicans makes the next coup that much more thinkable.
Timeline January 6th
A complete timeline of the events at the January 6th riot. The attack on the Capitol on Jan 6 was an organized, coordinated attempt to flood the building with people and shut down the process of certifying the electoral votes. Planning for the Capitol riots began long before January 6th, 2021. President Donald Trump’s Stop the Steal Rally was seeded with members of organized extremist groups (e.g. Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, “Groypers” from America First) who intentionally planned to transform a peaceful rally into chaos. These groups attempted to manipulate Trump supporters into joining them in attacking the Capitol through disinformation ahead of January 6th. Some people came to the Stop the Steal Rally prepared for violence, wearing helmets, tactical vests, and radios.
A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when
Kat Lonsdorf, Courtney Dorning, Amy Isackson, Mary Louise Kelly, Ailsa Chang
January 6, 2021, was a Wednesday. A joint session of Congress was set to convene in the U.S. Capitol to certify Joe Biden's electoral vote win. Meanwhile, thousands of Donald Trump supporters gathered near the White House to hear him speak at noon ET. Tensions were high on Capitol Hill. Protesters swarmed lawmakers outside. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., was exasperated as protesters surrounded him on the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building at around 11:30 a.m. "When it comes to the law, our opinions don't matter. The law matters. ... I value your opinion. ... I share your conviction that President [Donald] Trump should remain president. I share that conviction. But the law matters. I took an oath. I took an oath under God. Under God. Do we still take that seriously in this country?" he said, emphatically waving his arms in the air. As we approach the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6, we revisit the events of that day — what happened when. Here's how it unfolded.
Donald Trump Admin and GOP Members Conspired to Overthrow the Election, Texts Reveal
By Darragh Roche
Republican members of Congress appear to have conspired with former President Donald Trump 's administration in efforts to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden 's 2020 election victory, according to text messages revealed by the House Select Committee investigating January 6. The select committee released texts from as-yet unnamed lawmakers to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday before the panel voted unanimously to recommend contempt charges against him . Those messages appear to show the lawmakers supporting a plan to object to the certification of Electoral College votes on January 6 where then Vice President Mike Pence would have played a key role.
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A. B. Man III
01/12/2021
01/17/2021
On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was sacked in a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress in an attempted coup d’état. With help from his allies, Fox News, right-wing media and some in the Republican Party; Donald J. Trump incited insurrection, sedition, attempted a coup d’etat and caused the sacking of the United States Capitol. Donald J. Trump’s coup attempt involved some House members, some Senate members, and Mike Pence overturning the election certification process with the hope that Trump could steal the election and steal the presidency. If those on the right really wanted to stop the steal, they should have told Trump to stop lying about the election and stop trying to steal the election. Trump sent his supporters to the United States Capitol in hopes that maybe they could scare congress into helping him over turn the election so he could remain the president. We do not have all the facts yet but from what we know so far about the coup attempt is Trump tried to overturn the election and the insurrectionist came prepared to kidnap and kill some in congress, hang Mike Pence and stop the vote count to keep Trump in power and prevent Biden from becoming president. Some on the right including Trump, his family members, his allies, republicans including some in the House and Senate, Fox news and other right-wing media organizations defended and amplified Trump lies that there was massive voter fraud and the election was stolen and they needed to fight for Trump to overturn the election. The election was not stolen and there was no way to overturn the election but Trump, Fox news, right-wing media and others including some in congress convinced some people they could. The questions one has to ask was Trump’s attempt to overturn the election (steal the election) and the attempt to sack the United States Capitol and overthrow the government connected and if so by who?
Donald J. Trump is greatest threat America has ever faced his lies peddle by Fox news, right-wing media Republicans about the election caused millions of Americans to believe the election was stolen because there was mass voter fraud and election fraud. For some those beliefs lead to insurrection, sedition and the sacking of the United States Capitol. The next greatest threats are right-wing media and the Republican Party who promoted and defended his lies that lead to insurrection, sedition and the sacking of the United States Capitol. Trump, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party used the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP); downplay, lie, defend the lie, deny, deflect, blame others, attack the facts, alternative facts, conspiracy theories, propaganda, divide, racism and when all else fails use apples to oranges whataboutism in an attempt to steal the election. Trump is the best at the lie, but he did have help from Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party to support and defend his lies using the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP). Trump has lied to the American over 30,000 times, some people still believe what he says because his allies, some family members, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party supported and defended his lies, and in some case amplifying the lies using the Republican Standard Operating procedures (SOP). If Trump his allies, family members, Fox News, right-wing media and the Republican Party had told the truth and called him out when he told his lies about coronavirus over 300,000 people would still alive. Millions of Americans would not believe there was mass voter fraud and election fraud; millions of Americans would not believe the election was stolen and the insurrection and sacking of the United States Capitol would not have happened.
Trump lied to his supporters about the election he told his supporters there was mass voter fraud, election fraud and the election was stolen some on the right, Fox news, right-wing media, his allies, some of his family members and some in the Republican Party prompted and amplified the lies. Some of his supporters attacked the Capitol of the Untied State of America in belief that the election was stolen and they had to fight to overturn the election. Some people believing the lies planned to kidnap and kill some of the United States congress and Mike Pence. Before the election Donald J. Trump claimed the election would be rigged and he claimed if he lost, it was rigged. Because someone loses and election does not mean it is rigged, only someone attempting to steal an election would say that. Donald J. Trump is the one who tried to rig and steal the election. First he tried to slow down the mail so that democratic votes would not be counted when that failed he tried to get the courts to overthrow the election and give it to him. When the courts refused to help him with his coup attempt Trump tried to get state and local election officials and legislators to change the vote count and overturn the election and the will of the voters in his attempt at a coup d’etat.
When the courts, state and local election officials and legislators refused to help in his coup attempt, he got his allies, Fox News, right-wing media, and House and Senate members to help in him in his coup attempt. Trump his children his allies, some House and Senate members and right-wing media pushed a lie about mass voter fraud, election fraud and a stolen election but only in states that Trump lost. The fact that they pushed lies about mass voter fraud and election fraud only in the states Trump lost, and only about the presidential election and not the other elections for other offices that took place at the same time and same place. Add to that the fact the courts did not find any voter fraud should tell anyone with common sense that it was all lies there was not mass fraud, no election fraud and the election was not stolen. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right attempted the greatest suppression of minority votes ever in an attempt to steal an election and commit a coup d’teat.
Some in the House and the Senate tried to help Trump in his coup attempt when they delayed the certification process in a failed attempt to get it kicked back to the states so Republicans could help him steal the election and give the presidency to Trump. Part of that attempt was to get his supporters to force the House and Senate to overrule the votes of the people in the states Trump lost and give Trump the presidency. That attempt lead to the sedition, insurrection and the sacking of the United States Capitol in a failed attempt to overthrow our government and commit a coup d’etate. It was not antifa, BLM or the left the stormed the United States Capitol it was Trump’s supporters incited by, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right who help in Trump’s attempt to steal the election, overthrow the government and the will of the people.
Americans need to wake up it is not the left we need to fear it is Donald J. Trump, Fox news, right-wing media, Republicans and the rabbit right. Americans need to realize that Trump and some of his supporters in the House and the Senate attempted to overthrow the government by overturning the election. While the House and the Senate delayed the certification other Trump supporters attempted to overthrow the government by force and some of Trump’s supporters wanted to kidnap and kill some House and the Senate members and hang Mike Pence and they came prepared with zip-cuffs, nooses and weapons. Make no mistake about it; it was a coup attempt on multiple levels. There is some evidence to suggest the sacking of the United States Capitol may have been and inside job, time will tell if some or all the actions were coordinated, how many people were involved, who all was involved and how far up is goes.
Make no mistake about it the rabbit right are domestic terrorist and have killed more Americans than terrorist. White supremacists have overthrown a government before and just attempted to overthrow our federal government. Trump, Fox news, right-wing media and white supremacists our a danger to America. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right who lied about mass voter fraud, election fraud and a stolen election did it in an attempt to help Trump steal the election. If they really wanted to stop the steal then they would have told Trump and his allies to stop trying to steal the election. Trump, his children, his allies, Rudy Giuliani, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Fox News, right-wing media and others on the right lied to the American people about voter fraud and they lied that they could somehow change the outcome of the election if they went to United States Capitol. Now the big lie is it was antifa who sacked the United States Capitol no it was not antifa it was Trump supporters, so far only Trump supporters have been identified and arrested, that may change there could be a few, but the majority were Trump supporters and the rabbit right. The voter fraud claim was a lie and it is just plain wrong that Trump and the right convinced people that the election was stolen, it was not stolen no matter how many times they say was. We need to call out those who are attempting to divide and destroy our country with lies and alternative facts before it is too late and we will lose our democratic republic the next time they may succeed in the overthrow of our country.
The Original Article
Trump Insurrection Receipts
More on how Trump his allies and right media attempted to steal the election and overthrow the will of the people.
Trump Insurrection Videos
Videos of the riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress and the sacking of the United States Capitol. On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol was sacked in a riot and violent attack against the 117th United States Congress in an attempted coup d’état. Some of Donald J. Trump’s MAGA supporters carried out the coup attempt in an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election and overthrow the government of the United State of America. Some of the insurrectionist came prepared to kidnap and kill some in congress, hang Mike Pence and stop the vote count to keep Trump in power and prevent Biden from becoming president.
January 6 Commission
The National Commission to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol Complex, known colloquially as the January 6 commission.
Trump admits his intention to overthrow government in a coup
By Mark Gruenberg
WASHINGTON—Seizing and impounding voting machines in key swing states. Strong-arming the Vice President to overturn the 2020 election by throwing out electoral votes. Sending false electoral vote certificates to Congress. Witness tampering. And now calling for nationwide repeats of Jan. 6 insurrections. And on top of all of that Donald Trump declares that if he wins the Oval Office again in 2024 he’ll pardon the invaders and insurrectionists who smashed into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. There appears to be no limit to the lengths Donald Trump would go to retain the presidency he lost in the November 2020 election. News reports, evidence being submitted to the special House panel probing the white nationalist Trumpite insurrection to stop the electoral vote count, and even Trump’s own statements as recently as Jan. 31 all point to his constant and determined efforts to illegally stay in power. All this adds up, one Yale law professor wrote in a Politico op-ed, to the “seditious treason” now being charged against leaders of the insurrection.
Donald Trump's hands are all over the coup attempt
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
(CNN) With each passing day, it seems, new revelations come to light that suggest how intimately involved then-President Donald Trump and his advisers were in the coup attempt leading up to the events of January 6, 2021. The latest bombshell came Thursday night when CNN reported that Trump lawyer and confidant Rudy Giuliani, as well as other Trump campaign aides, spearheaded the efforts to gather alternate electors in seven swing states in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden's Electoral College victory. "Giuliani and his allies coordinated the nuts-and-bolts of the process on a state-by-state level, the sources told CNN. One source said there were multiple planning calls between Trump campaign officials and GOP state operatives, and that Giuliani participated in at least one call. The source also said the Trump campaign lined up supporters to fill elector slots, secured meeting rooms in statehouses for the fake electors to meet on December 14, 2020, and circulated drafts of fake certificates that were ultimately sent to the National Archives.".
The Trump coup attempt is ongoing
Trump, we now know, paged through federal departments and agencies looking for willing insurrectionists. With every revelation about Trump’s extensive efforts to overturn the election, the flaccid response of Republicans makes the next coup more thinkable.
By Mona Charen
Some look back on the events following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and think we dodged a bullet: There was a coup attempt, and thankfully it failed. Others believe that the whole thing has been overblown. Even as evidence piles up that the coup was far more extensive than siccing a mob on the Capitol, those two takes seem unshaken. There is another way to look at it: The coup is ongoing. With every new revelation about how extensive Trump’s efforts to overturn the election were — and they are arriving on an almost daily basis — the flaccid response of Republicans makes the next coup that much more thinkable.
Timeline January 6th
A complete timeline of the events at the January 6th riot. The attack on the Capitol on Jan 6 was an organized, coordinated attempt to flood the building with people and shut down the process of certifying the electoral votes. Planning for the Capitol riots began long before January 6th, 2021. President Donald Trump’s Stop the Steal Rally was seeded with members of organized extremist groups (e.g. Proud Boys, Three Percenters, Oath Keepers, “Groypers” from America First) who intentionally planned to transform a peaceful rally into chaos. These groups attempted to manipulate Trump supporters into joining them in attacking the Capitol through disinformation ahead of January 6th. Some people came to the Stop the Steal Rally prepared for violence, wearing helmets, tactical vests, and radios.
A timeline of how the Jan. 6 attack unfolded — including who said what and when
Kat Lonsdorf, Courtney Dorning, Amy Isackson, Mary Louise Kelly, Ailsa Chang
January 6, 2021, was a Wednesday. A joint session of Congress was set to convene in the U.S. Capitol to certify Joe Biden's electoral vote win. Meanwhile, thousands of Donald Trump supporters gathered near the White House to hear him speak at noon ET. Tensions were high on Capitol Hill. Protesters swarmed lawmakers outside. Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., was exasperated as protesters surrounded him on the steps of the Russell Senate Office Building at around 11:30 a.m. "When it comes to the law, our opinions don't matter. The law matters. ... I value your opinion. ... I share your conviction that President [Donald] Trump should remain president. I share that conviction. But the law matters. I took an oath. I took an oath under God. Under God. Do we still take that seriously in this country?" he said, emphatically waving his arms in the air. As we approach the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6, we revisit the events of that day — what happened when. Here's how it unfolded.
Donald Trump Admin and GOP Members Conspired to Overthrow the Election, Texts Reveal
By Darragh Roche
Republican members of Congress appear to have conspired with former President Donald Trump 's administration in efforts to prevent the certification of President Joe Biden 's 2020 election victory, according to text messages revealed by the House Select Committee investigating January 6. The select committee released texts from as-yet unnamed lawmakers to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Monday before the panel voted unanimously to recommend contempt charges against him . Those messages appear to show the lawmakers supporting a plan to object to the certification of Electoral College votes on January 6 where then Vice President Mike Pence would have played a key role.
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