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wnylib

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10. In your post, you said that Trump
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 03:36 PM
Feb 2021

issued very specific orders to attack the Capitol.

He did not. He said to march to the Capitol and support the "weak" members of Congress to do what they should do. He said to fight for America and to stop the steal. He did not say to physically attack the Capitol building or anyone in it. He even added the words to go there peacefully, to cover his a$$ no doubt.

Trump is smooth in his use of words, the same as a mob boss. Michael Cohen and Jim Comey made the same mob boss comparison about Trump's use ofcwords in giving orders. You know what he means without him ever saying explicitly what he means. It's a CYA technique.

Trump does not say, "Go beat up that guy." He says, "Wouldn't you just love to beat him up?" and thus giving his permission and hope that you will.

Trump's lawyers will argue that he never told people to get physically violent, so he is not responsible for what they did. He IS responsible, of course, because he fed them lies and whipped people into a mob frenzy before saying they should march to the Capitol.

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