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NEW: They knew. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
I covered the GOP side in 2016. Republicans warned repeatedly about almost the exact scenario we saw on Wednesday: Trump fomenting a violent mob hopped up on conspiracy theories and lies about his opponents.
Then...they forgot about it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
Then...they forgot about it. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
When Rick Perry gave his "cancer on conservatism" speech about Trump in 2015 what was the example he used to illustrate the danger?
A nativist mob invading Washington, DC to stop a phony plot to overthrow the government.
Then he joined the cabinet.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
A nativist mob invading Washington, DC to stop a phony plot to overthrow the government.
Then he joined the cabinet.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
When Trump was egging on violence by supporters, who warned it was leading to a dark place? Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
Every element of Wednesday's attack -- the lies, the conspiracies, the demonizing of his opponents, the refusal to concede a loss, the references to redemptive violence against broad swaths of Americas -- was litigated in 2016. Many times.
They knew. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
They knew. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/republicans-warned-day-would-come-then-they-forgot-n1253394
