1. Donald Trump spent months planning the January 6 telling his followers lies about election fraud & encouraging them to “fight” for him. He tweeted about a big protest in D.C. that would be “wild” not peaceful.


2. Despite chatter of planned violence on social media & likely law enforcement intelligence Donald Trump did not arrange appropriate security & crowd control for his Jan. 6 rally that led to the storming of the Capitol & people dying. https://www.npr.org/2021/01/11/955548910/ex-capitol-police-chief-rebuffs-claims-national-guard-was-never-called-during-ri
3. Donald Trump gave a speech at Jan 6 rally attacked democracy & elected officials, spouted election lies. He ended with “If you don’t fight like hell you are not going to have a country anymore” & March down Pennsylvania Ave. to the Capitol. https://www.rev.com/blog/transcripts/donald-trump-speech-save-america-rally-transcript-january-6
4. The Capitol was stormed & lives lost Donald Trump tells insurrectionists he loves them. With followers planning more violence online he tweets he will not be attend the inauguration. A message to his followers he will not honor a peaceful transfer of power
5.Donald Trump was not planning a peaceful rally. Trump campaign & dark money groups invested in getting as many people to Washington as possible for a “Wild” protest. People came to be “Wild”


6. Donald Trump & his campaign started grooming his supporters for violence when they realized they were down in the polls. He brought the “Trump Army” to attack our Capitol on January 6
7. Despite his the denials from him & his enablers the words of Donald Trump were taken very seriously. Here is an excellent video by @just_security compiling this:
7. Our nation’s leaders were in serious danger. Trump did nothing to stop the insurrection. Pence, McConnell, Pelosi, & Schumer had to scramble to get reinforcements while Trump hampered the National Gaurd & told the insurrectionists he loved them. https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-did-trump-call-national-guard-after-rioters-stormed-capitol-1560186
Share the full @just_security video. Make sure Americans see the evidence “Fight for Trump”: Video Evidence of Incitement at the Capitol https://www.justsecurity.org/74335/fight-for-trump-video-evidence-of-incitement-at-the-capitol/ via @just_security