Since July 2021, a US House committee has been investigating the invasion of the Capitol in Washington, which took place two years ago, on January 6, 2021.
One of the conclusions drawn by parliamentarians during the investigation associates the mobilization of supporters of former President Donald Trump and extremist groups with a tweet made by the former president on December 19, 2020.
“Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, it will be wild!”, said the former president in the publication.
Peter Navarro releases 36-page report alleging election fraud ‘more than sufficient’ to swing victory to Trump https://t.co/D8KrMHnFdK. A great report by Peter. Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2020
One of the committee’s participants, Representative Stephanie Murphy called the tweet “a call to action and, in some cases, a call to arms for many of former President Trump’s most loyal supporters.”
According to court documents related to several cases associated with the act, several protesters who participated in the invasion of the US Congress on the day that congressmen gathered to certify Joe Biden’s victory at the polls were motivated by the tweet to go to the place.
Two days after the Capitol invasion, Twitter permanently suspended Donald Trump’s account. According to the social network, the suspension was motivated “by the risk of further incitement to violence”.
The meeting that preceded the tweet
The post made by Trump, at 1:42 am on December 19 (local time), was published after a meeting that lasted more than five hours between Trump and part of his allies and officials.
According to the testimony of people who were present, the meeting had heated tempers and screams at times. People close to Trump suggested more drastic measures for him to remain in power and reinforced the allegation of fraud in the presidential elections, while some advisors to the former president rejected this possibility.
For Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, part of the committee, Trump’s purpose was “to mobilize a crowd”. To this end, “shortly after the last participants left the unhinged meeting, Trump sent the tweet with his explosive invitation”.
Organization of extremist groups
Former Washington Homeland Security chief Donell Harvin also pointed out that the tweet marks the beginning of an organization between consolidated right-wing and far-right groups.
By setting a date and location, separate groups were able to “align,” according to Harvin.
“When you have an armed militia collaborating with white supremacist groups, collaborating with conspiracy theory groups online, all with a common goal, you start to see what we call in the terrorism business a combined ideology,” he explained.
The committee sought to detail, during its time of action, how the mobilization of protesters and the invasion of the Capitol occurred two years ago. In addition to relating the episode to Trump’s speech and posture, which did not accept the results of the polls and alleged fraud in the elections.
With the change in Congress in the first week of January, the committee ends its work, but the final report produced by the parliamentarians will remain available to the public.
Trump announced in November last year that he will run for President of the United States in the 2024 election.
Source: CNN Brasil
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