The December 12th, 2020 - "DC Rallies To Support Trump" (Jericho + Stop the Steal + MAGA million march).

The prelude to the January 6th insurrection.

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The Jan 6th insurrection didn't just pop out of nowhere. It was foreshadowed countless times over the last few years w/ the same actors who are always involved.

Let me explain how the 12/12/2020 Trump DC rally was the prelude to the Jan 6th insurrection. https://twitter.com/Real_QL/status/1353572441704960000?s=20

Some background on the Dec 12th Trump rallies:

It was a day-long event combining the religious zealot Jericho March w/ the Stop The Steal team and then the MAGA million March in the afternoon to create the Dec 12th - "DC rallies to support Trump"

The Dec 12th rally has everything you could expect from a mega-church sermon.

However, every time they reference God they are alluding to Trump. To them Trump is the second coming of Christ e.g he is selfless, being persecuted (like Jesus), & that he is the savior.

There is a rhythm to the event. There are up and down beats to it but instead of to *music* it's to religious fervor. The presenters will enthuse the crowd in religious motifs and then will link it to the election being "stolen" or that Trump has been "chosen" by God.

When Mike Flynn speaks he always mentions "Soldiers", "Battles", "saving your friends" and mixes in religious/Qanon symbolism that it is a "battle between light and dark".

Mike Flynn equates soldiers to *religious patriotic Americans.

Mike Flynn repeats the same motifs later in the day. However, the second time he speaks it is more *dire*.

Also, he is "10/10" confident that Trump will be the next president.

Ali Alexander's speech is more overt.

"Today is when moral Americans are deciding if their Gov is legitimate/illegitimate...we're not going to tolerate a Biden presidency"

"... I have a warning to the establishment. We will shut this country down...maybe some MAGA trouble"

The rally certainly hits a crescendo when Alex Jones appears and starts speaking (yelling). It is FILLED w/ insane Qanon disinfo and conspiracy theories.

"...God gave us and rose up Donald Trump to stand against the enemy..." and "1776"

(The whole clip is 7 minutes of this)

You'll also notice that most of the same players that spoke at the Dec 12th rally also spoke at the Jan 5th "Rally to Save America" and Jan 6th "March to Save America" rally.

But this time it had an even more important headline including all the big players: Trump, Guiliani etc

Now, this is where it gets really crazy. On 12/12/2020, during the height of the election hearings they did a practice run for Jan 6th.

They marched around US State Capitol 7 times.

THEN in the afternoon, they marched from Freedom Plaza to the Capitol building.

Sound familiar?

You'll also notice that this was 2 days before the Electoral College was confirmed.

This was also the rally which Proud Boys attended, attacked, and stabbed multiple people.

(see this thread below) https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1337821333099524097

The Proud Boys were and have never really been punished for their violence. On the weekend of December 12th, they terrorized DC & got out with little to no consequences.

Their sole purpose there was to look for fights, cause chaos and destruction.

We knew that even.

Think about this.

You've had a dry run on the 12th of Dec.

You've had a warm-up on Jan 5th.

Now Jan 6th has arrived.

You're pepped up, you know the plan, you've done it before. It's Trump time. He's hyping you up w/ fear and lies and he tells you to go March to the Capitol.

For 4 years Trump, your idol has fed you lies, demonized everyone else, and said they're everything stealing from YOU.

You have been told that he has been "sent by God" to solve all your problems and he has sacrificed so much for you.

You HAVE to do this.

They are the ENEMY.

Then there are the Proud Boys + Right-Wing groups who have been allowed to carry out domestic terrorism the whole Trump presidency inc. on 12/12/20 w/ no consequences.

They had a practice run on 12/12/20 too.

"Stand back and Stand by" - DJT

Full video: https://www.wsj.com/video/video-investigation-proud-boys-were-key-instigators-in-capitol-riot/37B883B6-9B19-400F-8036-15DE4EA8A015.html

Now, this is a BIG one.

Stewart Rhodes the leader of the Oath keepers also spoke at the rally.

"... use the insurrection act to drop the hammer on them...If [Trump] does not do it...we are going to have to do ourselves... in a much more desperate, blood war".

@RightWingWatch

The thing is that during the Jan 6th insurrection members of the Oath Keepers like CALDWELL, CROWL and WATKINS were actively hunting for members of Congress, knew their specific locations, and when the MOC were in the tunnels CALDWELL was told to "seal them in, Turn the gas on".

On January the 5th the evening before the insurrection and on the night Roger Stone was speaking at the Pre-DC rally he also used members of the Oath Keepers as protection.

It also turns out that the Founder of the Oath Keepers - Stewart Rhodes - was ALSO at the January 6th insurrection. https://twitter.com/FordFischer/status/1347014802573582336?s=20

To get an understanding of what it was like on the ground during the December 12th rally here's a fantastic video from
@sandibachom.

Violence, vitriol, and stabbings.

Each DC Stop The Steal rally was more violent than the next. Bachom attended them all.

On 12/12/20, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrior posted that he had been at the White House that day.

According to the WH, it was a "WH Christmas tour".

With every word from the Trump WH being a lie & what we know now.

I am suspicious, to say the least https://twitter.com/ChristopherJM/status/1337777887819276288?s=20