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He sat in the White House watching the violence unfold on fox news for hours egging the protestors on on twitter while leaving Mike Pence to be hung while he very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets. Instead, he waited until it was clear that they already failed. We all saw it live on tv and Jack Smith's investigation brought out the details. Unfortunately, he was not permitted by the supreme court to provide his evidence.

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He also said “let’s all march to the capitol” and wanted to walk with them until the secret service stopped him

You are spreading misinformation, as did most of the news media and politicians that manufactured outrageous claims about J6. That’s not the quote. Trump literally used the word “peacefully” in the same sentence when he called for the (planned) march. He did not call for illegal actions or violence at any point. This is well known now, so your made up false quote is a lie.

Is that why they kept beating up cops?

> very likely could have stopped the violence with a few tweets.

That he didn't was repugnant and a dereliction of duty, but even if he had, do you honestly think that mob would have done anything different? People in groups don't think normally, that's pretty well studied and established; I don't think it would have made one whit of difference.

But he should have tried; I'm surprised someone didn't even tell him to just for the optics of it.

> I'm surprised someone didn't even tell him to just for the optics of it.

White house staff and Trump's family members were urging him to do something while he was enjoying watching the show unfold on TV. I'm unsure of where you live but the truly surprising thing is many people in the US aren't aware of this.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-capitol-probes-season-fi...

One of the more disturbing parts of seeing him back in office is going to be knowing that a lot of this malfeasance is just not known by the general public.

People in the white house did tell him, we know this from testimony under oath. He refused to do anything until it failed.

> That he didn't was repugnant and a dereliction of duty

But Trump did call for peace twice on January 6. The tweets are publicly available. The idea that he did not is a conspiracy theory similar to the very fine people hoax.

> Egging the protesters on on Twitter

No. This is false. Trump specifically called for law and order at the protests twice on Jan 6th.

I saw people beating up cops on TV, and now he’s promised to pardon them.

That does not address the comment you are replying to, which I presume means you also know that Trump’s calls for peace on January 6 are fact.

More than 1500 people were charged for the Jan 6 riot. Trump has indicated there will be exceptions.

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