Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'
The day after the Jan. 6 attack, Donald Trump came to believe he needed “cover” to remain in the White House. It led the then-president to at least pretend to be upset about the riot he helped instigate. “Like all Americans, I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem,” the Republican said on Jan. 7, describing the riot as a “heinous attack.” Reading from a prepared text, Trump added: “The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. ...
6 was among the most important acts of political violence in American history; it was the most dangerous part of an illegal scheme to overturn a presidential election; and it was a deadly insurrectionist riot, fueled by a loser with a fragile ego, that needlessly endangered our system of government.
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