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The Big Lie is more than a false story about a stolen election.
It's also a false story about the existential threat posed by the "Radical Left." Trump was "Saving America" from them, a movement which doesn't exist.
That part of the lie must go, too. https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349369733288751105
It's also a false story about the existential threat posed by the "Radical Left." Trump was "Saving America" from them, a movement which doesn't exist.
That part of the lie must go, too. https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349369733288751105
Trump formally launched the Big Lie on July 4th:
"American heroes defeated the Nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists....chased down the terrorists...We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators" 2/x
"American heroes defeated the Nazis, dethroned the fascists, toppled the communists....chased down the terrorists...We are now in the process of defeating the radical left, the Marxists, the anarchists, the agitators" 2/x
Trump, Barr, Wolf, Fox News spent months trying to turn mostly peaceful protests with a social justice goal into a dangerous, existential threat akin to Al Qaeda or the USSR.
It was Putin grade lying, confabulation, disinformation by the US govt. 3/x. https://twitter.com/fdwilkinson/status/1350079594456641536
It was Putin grade lying, confabulation, disinformation by the US govt. 3/x. https://twitter.com/fdwilkinson/status/1350079594456641536
That Trump was "Saving America" from this fictional existential threat created a permission structure for the relentless electoral cheating/disruption the President attempted.
It also gave license for extremists to organize, prepare, take action. 4/x https://gen.medium.com/the-trump-campaign-is-on-an-electoral-crime-spree-75525c564900
It also gave license for extremists to organize, prepare, take action. 4/x https://gen.medium.com/the-trump-campaign-is-on-an-electoral-crime-spree-75525c564900
In 2020 right wing extremists occupied statehouses, assassinated police, killed protestors in cold blood/tried to run over 100s more; and attempted to fire bomb police in Las Vegas, kill US troops in Europe, kidnap/kill MI Gov......5/x https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/12/16/gov-whitmer-kidnap-suspects-indicted/3935597001/
The President also openly encouraged, stoked QAnon, a pro-Trump movement which believes that Trump would "Save America" by killing leading Democrats in mass executions.
Watch this NBC video. Q followers were leaders of the attack on Congress. 6/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349723615072235520
Watch this NBC video. Q followers were leaders of the attack on Congress. 6/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349723615072235520
Understanding the "Save America" from Radical Left part of the Big Lie is critical to understanding the intensity of the violence we saw at the Capitol last week.
The "fight" was existential, requiring all means necessary. It was never a protest. 7/x https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1349915026199556096
The "fight" was existential, requiring all means necessary. It was never a protest. 7/x https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1349915026199556096
The President's event on Jan 6th was called the "Save America March." The event was designed as a deadly attack on Congress to "Save America."
The President watched the attack on TV, refused to send troops because he wanted it to succeed.
Watch. 8/x https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1349480946672742403
The President watched the attack on TV, refused to send troops because he wanted it to succeed.
Watch. 8/x https://twitter.com/OversightDems/status/1349480946672742403
It's just not possible given all we know that the FBI/DHS/DOD didn't know the President's event, called a march not a protest or rally, might not end in violence.
It was on federal land, was their event. Security was on them.
WTF happened here? 9/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349061469040742400
It was on federal land, was their event. Security was on them.
WTF happened here? 9/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349061469040742400
For Trump's violent insurgency vs America to end quickly, w/little bloodshed, Republicans will have to denounce the Big Lie - all of it. They must:
Declare the election valid
Tell their supporters to stand down
Stop using "radical left" language
10/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349369733288751105
Declare the election valid
Tell their supporters to stand down
Stop using "radical left" language
10/x https://twitter.com/SimonWDC/status/1349369733288751105
