WASHINGTON — Democrats opened the second impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump on Tuesday with a compelling video showing how Trump's comments at a rally on Jan. 6 were echoed by his supporters as they stormed the Capitol, pulling together clips of the violence and destruction with Trump's responses throughout the day.
The video begins with Trump repeatedly lying to supporters at his DC rally that morning about the election, saying that he won and it was stolen, before urging them to go the Capitol and to "fight like hell" or "you're not going to have a country anymore." Excerpts of the speech are interspersed with video of people in the crowd shouting "Take the Capitol!"
Nearly 10 minutes long, the video shows a full narrative of the day through news footage and social media videos posted by the rioters themselves. It follows the path of Trump's supporters from his speech on the National Mall to the Capitol grounds to breaching the building, all the while shouting "Fuck you!" and "Traitor!" at overwhelmed police officers trying, and failing, to block their path.
zoeyjax on February 9th, 2021 at 19:57 UTC »
I didn't know I could feel sickened rage like this again.
Twoweekswithpay on February 9th, 2021 at 19:37 UTC »
Hopefully, that video is widely-shared across social media and shown in schools one day. Really hits home the connection between Trump’s words and the rioters actions. Shame on the Republican senators for doing nothing about it besides ‘hollow scoldings’...🤨😡
sharonisadork on February 9th, 2021 at 19:25 UTC »
Full 13 minute video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KVUB4L1LyI
Edit: Since this comment is popular, here are some new photos of riot suspects sought by the FBI. If you have info on these individuals, please contact the FBI at http://tips.fbi.gov or 1-800-CALL-FBI
https://twitter.com/FBIWFO/status/1359284705129074690 https://twitter.com/FBIWFO/status/1359236894287101954