Analysis: Why it matters that Trump wishes he had marched to the Capitol
that it was his toughness that brought an end to urban riots in the summer of 2020, was simply sitting there in front of his TV fretting about Pelosi’s inaction? One very good way to know this isn’t true is that he at no point tweeted out such concerns, something that he was very quick to do in any other circumstance where he wanted to deflect blame.
Wistful about missing out! Yes, this is Trump saying how he felt on that day — but apparently without a caveat like, “I’m glad I didn’t, of course,” or “So I could have cooled tempers.” Just a further message of approval: It was good to go, and I wish I had. This is significant for another reason. The violence that unfolded at the Capitol was a function of both anger and scale. People had to be mad enough to lash out, and there had to be enough of them to overpower law enforcement. Trump fostered both of those conditions, repeatedly making false claims about his election loss and drawing people to Washington on that day with repeated entreaties.
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