believed in understood themselves to be following president trumps marching orders she explained in chilling detail how they were acting in perfect alignment with his political instructions and his explicit strategy to retain power they did what he told them to do this pro trump insurrection did not spring into life out of thin air we saw how trump spent months cultivating america's most dangerous extremist groups we saw how he riled them up with corrosive lies and violent rhetoric so much so that they were ready and eager for their most dangerous mission invalidating the will of the people to keep donald trump in office but we assume we must remember that this was not the 1st time donald trump had inflamed an insider to mop trump knew that his incitement would result in violence not only because of the thousands of violent messages that were posted all over the forums and the widespread news of preparations for violence among extremist groups and his communications on twitter

with the insurrectionists themselves he knew it also because he'd seen many of the exact same groups he was mobilizing participate in extremist violence before moreover he'd seen clearly how his own incitement of violence and praise after the violence took place galvanized encouraged and electrified these extremist followers these tactics were road tested january 6th was a coma nation of the president's actions not an aberration from them the insurrection was the most violent and dangerous episode so far. in donald trump's continuing pattern and practice of inciting violence

but i emphasize so far earlier congresswoman plaskett showed several episodes of trump's incitement that took place during the presidential election but is encourage men to violence against other public officials who he thought had crossed him long predates the 2020 campaign the incitement of violence is always dangerous but it's uniquely intolerable when done by the president of the united states of america but that became the norm and president trumps watch white supremacists in extremist groups have spread like wildfire across the land his own department of homeland security called homegrown terrorism the number one threat facing americans today but no matter how many people inside and outside government begged him to condemn extreme elements promoting violence and indeed civil war in america and race war in america he just wouldn't do it

and that's because he wanted to incite and provoke their violence for his own political gain and for his own strategic objectives ever since he became president trump revealed what he thought of political violence for his side he praised it encouraged it right now i'm going to play for you just a few clips from over the years when the president's words successfully incited his supporters into assaulting his opponents. god god see the 1st group i was nice so take it time the 2nd group i was pretty nice the 3rd group i'll be a little more violent and the thought to pulsate get there i want to hear

god god was. right yeah getting the hell outta here with you for god no matter who it was thrown out of god i get a little notice in case you say the security guys we have wonderful security guys they said mr trump there may be somebody with tomatoes in the audience. so if you see somebody getting ready to throw tomatoes knock the crap out of what you seriously it was ok just not how i promise you i will pay for the legal fees i promise that i put well we've seen these clips and many many more like them before but think about the brutal power and effect to miss of his words with his followers you heard him told the supporters to be a little more violent and they responded to his command by literally dragging

a protester across the floor at one of his campaign rallies. he cried get a melody here throw him out his supporters punched and kicked another protester as he was escorted from the hall he told he told supporters to knock the hell out of people who opposed him and promised to pay the legal fees of the assailants time after time he encouraged violence his supporters a listened and they got the message but it wasn't just trumps encouragement of violence that conditioned his supporters to participate in this insurrection ungenerous sex it was also his explicit sanctioning of the violence after it took place let's watch some of those incidents beginning with trump raising supporters who had assaulted a black protester. oh god i have to do my god no. but we've had a couple that were really violent and the particular one when i said i kept banging

on that was a a very very very you know who's a guy who's swaying it's very loud and then started swinging at the audience and you know what the audience swung back and i thought it was very very appropriate he was swinging he was hitting people and the audience hit back and that's what we need a little bit more of. and we're going to talk about it later but there's not going to talk just tears for you. but just. because you think you got the last i think you know you did the same thing get out alive says yeah i did. so why not do the same to you yes if you're from the office you last got to the same damn thing you're just bodies i mean it brought back to us a great just by the way never wrestle him was all i mean god you know. i kind of the all.

i was the. was the the god god. god really was the. reverend of the years well i'm glad. you back and. i'm what. i'm saying we're not what i'm saying to everybody i'm speaking we did not initiate force against anybody we're not nonviolent we'll fucking kill these people and have the the whole idea that is a blatant yes i think there's blame on both sides you look at it both sides i think there's blame on both sides and i also had people that were. very 5 people on both sides. so just in case you didn't catch all of that the

president praised the republican candidate who assaulted a journalist as my kind of guy he said there were quote very fine people on both sides when the neo nazis the klansman in prague boys. invaded the city the great city of charlottesville and killed heather higher and he said that an attack on a black protester at one of his rallies was very very appropriate does that sound familiar listen to how president trump responded when asked about his own conduct on january the 6th. but. some of your advice may many people have done has been that allies but that what i said was the only appropriate. so they're the pattern is staring us in the face very very appropriate he said after a man was assaulted at one of his rallies totally appropriate was how he

characterized his incitement on january 6th meaning that of course given the chance he would gladly do it again because why would he not engage in totally appropriate conduct an examination of his past 8 months makes it clear that when donald trump tells a crowd if he didn't join our 6 fight like hell or you won't have a country anymore she meant for them to fight like hell on january 6 that became clear to all of america now let's consider the events senators that took place last year in michigan where president trump demonstrated his willingness and his ability to incite violence against government officials who he thought were getting in his way. when responding to extremist plots in michigan trump showed he knew how to use the power of a mob to advance his political objectives beginning in march trump leveled attacks on michigan michigan governor gretchen whitmer for the coronavirus policies

interstate and march 17th the day after governor whitman pushed the federal government to better support the state's uncoated $1000.00 trump criticized her handling of the pandemic tweeting failing michigan governor must work harder and be much more proactive we are pushing her to get the job done i stand with michigan march 27th he added i love michigan one of the reasons we're doing such a great job for them during this horrible pandemic yet your governor gretchen half whitmer is away in over her head she doesn't have a clue like blaming everyone for her own ineptitude has tag maggette by april trump's rhetorical attacks and name calling turned to calls for mass mobilization of his supporters this was a sign of things to come on april 17th 2020 he tweeted quote liberate michigan not even 2 weeks later on april 30th his supporters marched on

the michigan state capitol mansingh they stormed the building. trump's marching orders were followed by aggressive action on the ground. was. wow. 6 you know. who. is the video shows these militant protesters showed up ready to take

a violent stand they came armed in tightly packed themselves in the building with no regard of course for social distancing. this trump inspired mob may indeed look familiar to you confederate battle flag maggot hats weapons camera army gear just like the insurrectionists who showed up in invaded this chamber on january 6th the siege of the michigan state house was affectively a state level dress rehearsal for the siege of the u.s. capitol that trump incited on january 6th it was a preview of the coming insurrection the president trumps response to these 2 events was strikingly similar following the arm siege in lansing president trump refused to condemn the attacks on the michigan capital or denounce the violent law breakers instead he did just the opposite he upheld the

righteousness of his violent followers cause and he put pressure on the victim of the attack to listen to his supporters. the day after the mob attack in lansing trump told gov were to negotiate with the extremists tweeting that the governor should just quote give a little to the violent men who had stormed the capitol threatening not only the stability of the michigan government but her own life as you can see he treated the governor of michigan should give a little and put out the fire these are very good people but they are angry they want their lives back again safely see them talk to them make a deal the president says heavily armed extremists carrying confederate battle flag and pushing past police to overtake the michigan state house chamber are very good people and just negotiate with tom it's clear he doesn't think that they're at

fault in any way at all but april 30th wasn't the only time trump's supporters stormed michigan capitol emboldened by his praise and his encouragement support they escalated again governor whitmer refused to capitulate to the president's demand to negotiate with them 2 weeks later on may 14th trumps again storm the state capitol this time as you can see here one man brought a dog with a noose around the neck for shadowing the appearance of the large gallows arrested outside of this building downstairs from here on january 6th as the crowd chanted and i still can hear the words ringing in my ear hang my pants hang mike pence hang mike pence over the coming months even after a crowd threatening governor whitmer stormed the capitol trump continued to stay over in public at a rally in michigan on september 10th trungpa whipped up the crowd against governor

wimmer saying quote she doesn't have a clue about reopening her own state's economy the crowd cheered then on october 8th. the precise consequences of the president's incitement to violence were revealed to the whole world look at this 13 men were arrested by the f.b.i. for plotting to storm the michigan state capitol building launch a civil war kidnap governor whitman transporter to wisconsin and then try and execute or this was an assassination conspiracy can kidnapping conspiracy look at the language that they used in the charging document the f.b.i. reported that one of the conspirators said he needed quote $200.00 men to storm the capitol building and take political hostages including the governor the suspect called it a snatch and grab man grab the effen governor one of those men has already pled guilty to this conspiracy the plot was well organized just like the one that was

coming on january the 6th the men in michigan even considered building most of cocktails to disarm police vehicles and attempted to construct their own i.e.d. s. something that actually happened here on january 6th police authorities arrested extremists who had weapons and materials to build explosive devices including one man found with an assault rifle and enough materials to make a leaven molotov cocktails on september 17th 2021 of the michigan conspiracy is posted when the time comes there will be no need to strike fear through presents the fear will be manifested through bullets and what did down the trunk do is present the united states to defend one of our nation's governors against a plotted kidnapping by violent insurrectionists to be publicly condemn violent

domestic extremists who hoped in plan to launch a civil war in america no not at all. he further inflamed them by continuing to attack the governor who is the object of their hatred in this kidnapping conspiracy the very night this conspiracy became public and that governor whitman learned that there were 13 men who were planning to kidnap and likely kill her trump did not condemn the violence he did not criticize the extremists he didn't even shut down governor whitman safety he chose to vilify governor wimmer again and then amazingly took credit for foiling the plot against demanding her gratitude and many quickly of course change the subject to n.t. for he treated governor witmer has done a terrible job he demanded that she thank him for the law enforcement operation

that had foiled the kidnapping conspiracy that had been encouraged by his rhetoric on october 17th a little over a week after these people were arrested for preparing to kidnap gretchen whitmer trump riled up a boisterous crowd in muskegon with more slashing personal attacks on women are driving the crowd to chant lock her up lock her up he is now seen that some of his followers were prepared to engage in criminal violence with workers traded attacks deadly weapons and willing bodies to storm a state capitol building and it to attack his perceived political enemies and so is the crowd chanted la corrupt he pivoted to his next goal he told them they couldn't trust the gov to administer fair elections in michigan he used a crowd that he knew would readily gaijin violence to prepare his followers for his

next and of course is paramount political objective claiming the election was stolen and inciting insurrectionary action. and he did it again on october 27th. during a pre-election rally speech in lansing michigan where the capital been stormed trump openly joked with the crowd about critics saying his words had provoked the violent plot against governor whitman check it out and tell him we got your yacht i don't think you like st louis the is. the issue of the old if you are not coming to kiss every time to make just even a little bit of an. they say the president led them on i don't have to lead you to

even a little nod they say the president said you're going to write you know as you know her husband who is abused her sister. the only man in the state of michigan the only man allowed to go sailing is your husband now your governor i don't think she likes me to watch the. hey hey hey hey i'm the one it was our people that helped her out with their problem and you have secrets of right people are entitled to say you were from a blue and it was how are we evolved by our people there are so president trump offered them a little winking inside joke about his constant incitement of the mob and how much can actually be communicated by him it's just a little odd just a little nod he presided over another pounding. rhythmic rendition of his trademark

fat locker up locker up then referring to the f.b.i. as for healing of the kidnapping conspiracy which was deadly serious he said that he helped her out with the problem maybe was a problem maybe it wasn't love to see maybe as a problem maybe i wasn't the president united states of america he could not bring himself to publicly oppose a kidnapping and potential assassination conspiracy plot against a sitting governor of one of our 50 states trump knew exactly what he was doing in inciting the january 6th mob exactly. he had just seen how easily his words and actions inspired violence in michigan he sent a clear message to his supporters he encouraged planning and conspiracies to take over capitol buildings and threaten public officials who refused to bow down to his

political will is there any chance donald trump was surprised by the results of his own incitement steward tom paine told us to use our common sense the sense we have in common as citizens if we don't try the line here what's next what makes you think the nightmare with donald trump and his lawmaking and violent mobs is over with and get away with it and then it comes to your state capital or comes back here again what are we going to say these prior acts of incitement cast a harsh light on trump's obvious intent obvious intent his unavoidable knowledge of the consequences of his incitement the avoidable knowledge of the consequences of his incitement and the clear foreseeability of the violent harm that he

unleashed on our people. in our public general sex was not some unexpected radical break from his normal law abiding and peaceful disposition this was his state of mind this was his essential m.o. he knew that egged on by his tweets his lies and his promise of a wild time in washington to guarantee his grip on power his most extreme followers would show up bright and early ready to attack ready to engage in violence ready to fight like hell for their hero just like they've answered his call in michigan president trump has said over and over his supporters are loyal in his own words his supporters are the most loyal that we've seen in our country's history and he knew that his most hardcore supporters were willing to direct the violence and elected officials indeed to attack in lace judge to

a capitol building and he knew they would be ready to heed his call on january 6th to stop the steel by using violence to block the peaceful transfer of power in the united states he knew they were coming he brought them here and he welcomed them with open arms we hear you and love you from the oval office my dear colleagues is there any political leader in this room who believes that if he is ever allowed by the senate to get back into the oval office donald trump would stop inciting violence to get his way would you bet the lives of more police officers on or would you bet the safety of your family on which but the future of your democracy ana president trump declared his conduct totally appropriate so he gets back into office and it happens again

we have no one to blame but ourselves. lou will return now to tell you about president trump's total lack of remorse after the instruction that afternoon my colleagues walk you through president trump's actions leading up to january 6th and then the horrific events on january 6 and we saw both during the attack as well as a days after the attack that this was a president who showed no remorse and took no accountability in fact quite the

opposite as raskin showed you present from claim that his actions were quote totally appropriate their assertion that everyone thought donald trump's actions were totally appropriate including people in this room is of course untrue it is also dangerous and that's why members of congress and u.s. senators former and current administration officials state and local officials all unequivocally confirmed what we witness with our own eyes that donald trump's conduct was wrong it was destructive this honorable and american president trumps a lack of remorse and refusal to take accountability during the attack shows his state of mind it shows that he intended the events of january 6 to happen and when

it did he the lighted in it. lack of remorse and refusal to take accountability after the attack poses its own unique and continuing danger it sends the message that it is acceptable to incite a violent insurrection to overthrow the will of the people and that a president night states can do that and get away with it that is why we have to hold president accountable. to send a message that is never patriotic to incite a violent attack against our nation's capital and that future presidents will know that they cannot follow and donald trump's for its steps and get away with it so let's start with the day of the attack on insurrection day january 6 president did now once condemn the attack not even once

even when he finally asked the violent extremists to go home which was 3 hours after attack began she sends this video and he ends it with your very special we love you that was his message to people who perpetrated this violent gruesome attack we love you and then 2 hours later he tweets remember this day forever this is not a man who showed remorse but it's worse than that after that tweet it took him and other full day to even condemn the attack itself the very next day president was eerily silent and then at 7

o 1 pm he released his or prerecorded video and there present for the 1st time nearly 30 hours after attack began knowledge isn't condemns the violence and mayhem that occurred he said the demonstrators the seed of american democracy he said that these demonstrators didn't represent this country and if they broke the law they would pay but even in that video he says more lies he says in that very same video that he immediately deployed national guard that again is not true. the national guard was not deployed until over 2 hours after attack began at around 3 pm because of this late deployment the national guard not arrive until after 5 pm and when the

guard was deployed the pentagon had released a statement that showed the list of people and you saw that list of folks that were consulted before deploying national guard several people were on that list including the vice president further trump was not on that list and you know as a veteran. i find it deeply dishonorable that our commander in chief did not protect us and then later he tried to take credit for something he failed to do. shameful also in that video you should know what it did not say absent from that tired video was any actual acceptance of responsibility for his actions absent from that video was a call to his most fervent supporters to never do this again and here is his final message and that so-called condemnation of a.