<!doctype html><html class=no-js id=9138102b-3067-5964-9e38-358603cb4853> <head><meta charset=utf-8><meta http-equiv=x-ua-compatible content="ie=edge"><title>Videos of Trump encouraging violence over the years played at impeachment trial - The Daily Populous</title><meta name=description content="Videos of Trump encouraging violence over the years played at impeachment trial - The Daily Populous"><meta name=viewport content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><link rel=icon type=image/x-icon sizes="16x16 32x32 48x48 64x64" href=favicon.ico><link rel=stylesheet href=style.css></head> <body> <div class=banner> <a href=index.html> <div class=container> <div class=logo><svg width=16px viewbox="0 0 320 320" class=dailypopulous-logo> <polygon fill=#000 opacity=1.0 points="0,140 100,140 100,180 40,180 40,280 140,280 140,0 180,0 320,0 320,180 220,180 220,140 280,140 280,40 180,40 180,320 140,320 0,320"/> </svg> </div> <div class=text><strong>The Daily Populous</strong> Friday February 12nd, 2021 <em>night</em> edition</div> </div> </a> </div> <div class=container> <header> <h1>Videos of Trump encouraging violence over the years played at impeachment trial</h1> </header> <section id=credits> Authored by <a class=source href=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-trial-video-latest-b1801077.html>independent.co.uk</a> and submitted by <a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/ohnoh18>ohnoh18</a> </section> <article id=content> <p>On the third day of his impeachment trial in the US Senate, House impeachment managers screened Donald Trump&#x27;s remarks to his supporters at his campaign rallies to illustrate his history of encouraging violence, leading up to the insurrection at the Capitol on 6 January.</p> <p>Impeachment manager Jamie Raskin pointed to Mr Trump&#x27;s directions to his crowds of supporters to attack counter-protesters at his rallies, telling them &quot;get them the hell out of here&quot; and &quot;kick the crap out of them&quot; in 2017.</p> <p>Mr Raskin also showed senators footage of Republican Gregory Gianforte assaulting a reporter, and Mr Trump&#x27;s apparent support: &quot;Any guy that can do a body slam is my guy.&quot;</p> <p>The attacks on the Michigan state capitol in 2020 among far-right groups to protest the state&#x27;s coronavirus restrictions, fueled by the former president&#x27;s attacks against Governor Gretchen Whitmer, were a &quot;state-level rehearsal&quot; for the Capitol siege and a &quot;preview&quot; of the coming insurrection, Mr Raskin said.</p> <p>Following an alleged plot among far-right militia groups to kidnap the governor, interrupted by the FBI, the former president &quot;chose to vilify Governor Whitmer, again, and then amazingly took credit for foiling the plot against her,&quot; Mr Raskin said.</p> <p>A chant of &quot;lock her up&quot; erupted at a Michigan rally in October 2020 – the president didn&#x27;t intervene, but said that he would be blamed or implicated if he even &quot;gives a little nod.&quot;Mr Raskin called that a &quot;winking&quot; acknowledgement of his own culpability in his behaviour.</p> <p>Please enter your email address Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP Thanks for signing up to the Inside Washington newsletter {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} The Independent would like to keep you informed about offers, events and updates by email, please tick the box if you would like to be contacted</p> <p>Read our full mailing list consent terms here Thanks for signing up to the Inside Washington newsletter {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} The Independent would like to keep you informed about offers, events and updates by email, please tick the box if you would like to be contacted</p> <p>Read our full mailing list consent terms here</p> <p>The insurrection on 6 January &quot;did not spring into life out of thin air,&quot; Mr Raskin said, following an opening argument on Thursday from impeachment manager Diana DeGette, who outlined how his supporters who stormed the halls of Congress explicitly said they were doing it at the former president&#x27;s invitation.</p> <p>&quot;These tactics were road tested,&quot; Mr Raksin said, adding that the insurrection was a &quot;culmination, not an aberration.&quot;</p> <p>The former president was routinely criticised and condemned for his history of encouraging violence at his rallies and his apparent lack of remorse for the consequences.</p> <p>Senators heard his comments following the deadly riot among neo-Nazis and &quot;alt-right&quot; groups in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017, when then-president Trump said there was &quot;blame on both sides&quot; and &quot;very fine people on both sides.&quot;</p> <p>Following the insurrection, on 12 January, Mr Trump said: &quot;If you read my speech … people thought what I said was totally appropriate.&quot;</p> </article> <div id=comments> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/treat_yo-self>treat_yo-self</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 19:50 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhq8y5/_/gmz4uwa?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>The video: <a href=https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/status/1359920245247533056>https://mobile.twitter.com/atrupar/status/1359920245247533056</a></p> </p> </div> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/GhostFish>GhostFish</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 18:26 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhq8y5/_/gmysvfn?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>Here&#39;s a reminder of how he reacted in 2012 when Obama won the EC before his popular vote total overcame Romney&#39;s.</p> <p><a href=https://imgur.com/a/hISuLMD>https://imgur.com/a/hISuLMD</a></p> </p> </div> <div class=comment> <p><a href=https://www.reddit.com/u/RiPPn9>RiPPn9</a><span class=time> on February 11st, 2021 at 18:24 UTC <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhq8y5/_/gmysjrj?context=1">&raquo;</a></p> <p><p>Best quote I saw this morning was &quot;Republicans know Trump controlled the mob because they begged him to stop them. This isn’t hard.&quot;</p> </p> </div> </div> <nav> <a href=https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lhq8y5>Discuss this article on reddit</a> <a href=index.html>Back to The Daily Populous Friday February 12nd, 2021 night edition</a> </nav> <footer> <p>This page is an archived snapshot of <a href=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-trial-video-latest-b1801077.html>https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-trial-video-latest-b1801077.html</a> taken on 2021-02-12 by The Daily Populous as part of the night edition to create a permanent, immutable record. <a href=https://dailypopulous.com/ >dailypopulous.com</a> is a non-profit website and has no advertising. You can contact us at <a href=mailto:hi@dailypopulous.com>hi@dailypopulous.com</a>.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html> 