Delegate Stacey Plaskett Says Former President Trump Orchestrated Rally and March on Capitol
During her impeachment trial presentation, Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) speaks about former President Trump's call in the first… read more
During her impeachment trial presentation, Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) speaks about former President Trump's call in the first presidential debate last fall for the the Proud Boys "to stand back and stand by." She also recalls how dozens of the president's supporters surrounded and intimidated a Biden-Harris campaign bus carrying young volunteers on a Texas highway. And she presents information showing President Trump and his team's direct involvement in the permitting process for the January 6 rally on the Ellipse and subsequent march to the Capitol that ultimately led to the riot. "This was not a coincidence. None of this was. Donald Trump over many months cultivated violence, praised it, and then when he saw the violence his supporters were capable of, he channeled it to his big wild historic event. He organized January 6 with the same people who had just organized a rally resulting in substantial violence and made absolutely sure this time these violent rally goers wouldn't jus close