Trump eggs supporters on, then urges calm as they storm Capitol
Earlier in the day, Trump held a rally near the White House, where he repeated his false claims that his loss to Joe Biden was due to vote fraud
06 January 2021 - 23:34
Washington — President Donald Trump called on violent protesters who stormed the US Capitol to “stay peaceful” — but didn’t explicitly tell them to leave — after earlier urging thousands of his supporters to march on the building to protest congressional certification of his re-election defeat.
Trump asked protesters to refrain from violence in tweets on Wednesday afternoon after his supporters breached the Capitol building, disrupting the certification of Electoral College votes and forcing lawmakers to flee...
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