House impeachment managers should enter this Wall Street Journal report into the record.
“The Journal’s review, which included now-deleted posts that have been archived ... suggests the Proud Boys viewed Mr. Trump’s messages as a call to action.”
wsj.com/articles/proud…
“The Journal’s review, which included now-deleted posts that have been archived ... suggests the Proud Boys viewed Mr. Trump’s messages as a call to action.”
wsj.com/articles/proud…
2. Plus this:
“The messages show the group repeatedly invoking President Trump’s rhetoric in the weeks leading to the Jan. 6 protest as they built momentum toward what became a violent showdown.”
On Jan. 3, the group’s leader shared a cryptic post: “What if we invade it?”
“The messages show the group repeatedly invoking President Trump’s rhetoric in the weeks leading to the Jan. 6 protest as they built momentum toward what became a violent showdown.”
On Jan. 3, the group’s leader shared a cryptic post: “What if we invade it?”
3.
December 19: ,Trump tweets about the Jan. 6 rally and says, “be there, will be wild!”
Proud Boys’ Long Island chapter posted that Trump supporters have been “waiting for the green light from the President.”
“Everyone who said ‘Mr. President, just say when?’ He just did.”
December 19: ,Trump tweets about the Jan. 6 rally and says, “be there, will be wild!”
Proud Boys’ Long Island chapter posted that Trump supporters have been “waiting for the green light from the President.”
“Everyone who said ‘Mr. President, just say when?’ He just did.”
4. Trump said, “Proud Boys, stand back and stand by.”
“On Parler, members shared designs for a T-shirt ... It read: ‘Proud Boys standing by.’”
A member on Telegram said it was a call to be prepared for when “he can call on us to essentially ‘let loose the dogs of war.’”
“On Parler, members shared designs for a T-shirt ... It read: ‘Proud Boys standing by.’”
A member on Telegram said it was a call to be prepared for when “he can call on us to essentially ‘let loose the dogs of war.’”
5. It was widely reported that Proud Boys interpreted Trump’s earlier message as call to arms.
It was widely reported that Proud Boys said they’d arrive en masse on Jan. 6
Trump did not tell them they were unwelcome
His speech was given to them standing, armed among the crowd.
It was widely reported that Proud Boys said they’d arrive en masse on Jan. 6
Trump did not tell them they were unwelcome
His speech was given to them standing, armed among the crowd.
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