Analysis: There’s no question Trump is to blame for the mob being in D.C. The outstanding question is how aware he was of the danger.
In the immediate aftermath of Trump’s “will be wild!” tweet about coming to Washington on Jan. 6, a two-track effort began to bring the promise of broad protest to fruition. One track involved the group Women for Trump and its leaders Amy and Kylie Kremer. The other track centered on a rally at the Capitol itself, a continuation of “stop the steal” efforts from a right-wing activist named Ali Alexander.
at Trump’s announcement that the crowd would travel from the White House to the Capitol. Speaking to MSNBC’s Chris Hayes in December, Stockton described testimony he’d offered to the House committee investigating the violence at the Capitol.“What we revealed to the committee is that there was an internal conflict that was ongoing inside the organizer groups, about what the program and what the day on January 6 should look like,” Stockton said. “And we kind of lost that battle.
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