Re: GOP Debate
Posted by Soccer
on November 19, 2023, 11:24 pm, in reply to "
Re: GOP Debate"
Opinionated - Millgirl's response to your original question was right on, in my opinion. I too, don't think there's valid comparison between the Jan 6 incident and other cases where politicians have incited violence. No politician, on either side should encourage violence in response to protests. Trump is no stranger to encouraging folks to act out... remember when he told supporters at one of his rally's to "rough 'em up, I'll pay your legal bills" -- that's probably not his exact quote, but you'll remember it. As far as anything that could have been done to stop the mob before they breached the Capitol... I don't know. I know Trump said he offered Pelosi 10,000 National Guardsman prior to the rally, and she rejected it. No surprise, he lied. Trump gave no order to deploy the National Guard that day and, as far as I know, he was the only with that authority.
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