Trump has been widely condemned by lawmakers and global leaders for stoking tensions after he encouraged his supporters at a Wednesday rally in Washington, D.C., to march to the Capitol and protest against Congress's certification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory.
Following Trump's remarks, a mob of his supporters breached Capitol security, broke windows, vandalized lawmakers' offices and temporarily delayed Congress carrying out the certification of election results.
Trump's speech can be seen here courtesy of NTD. The speech lasted about 1 hour and 12 minutes. At 18:10 into the video, Trump says, "I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol Building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard." The Hill omitted that quote from its article, which is consistent with the rest of the mainstream media's coverage of the speech. In this article by ABC News, a full transcript of the speech is provided. However, in the first part of the article, in which the speech is described, this quote is omitted, and other quotes from the speech are given that lead the reader to conclude that Trump was inciting the crowd to violence. The best video of the entire event before the lawbreaking began is from Right Side Broadcasting Network, which shows the crowd and the stage and loudspeaker system.
To
the best of my knowledge, neither the Democrats calling for Trump's
impeachment nor the mainstream media have specifically told us who was
incited to break into the Capitol by Trump's speech. The speech began
at noon Eastern time on January 6, 2021, as seen from the time stamp on this video broadcast
of the speech on C-SPAN2. Given the speech's length of about 1 hour
and 12 minutes, it ended at about 1:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time (EST)..........To Read More.....
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