Castro noting Trump did something unprecedented in US politics when he started to think he could lose: he would not commit to peacefully transfer power. (trump did this in advance of 2016 election too, “rigged”, with Russian help)
Stop the Steal infrastructure was set up during gop primary in 2016, as noted here justsecurity.org/74622/stopthes…
then Castro shows video of Trump supporters at campaign rallies echoing his statements, that the only way he could lose was if the election was stolen, and they would not accept it.
Then, Castro describes, Trump tells his supporters election night he actually won, and to stop counting the votes, riling up his supporters further. tweeting “stop the count! stop the fraud!”
castro says it also shows Trump knows how to stop something when he wants to.
castro says it also shows Trump knows how to stop something when he wants to.
then after trump tweets, stop the count, his supporters show up at election center in arizona trying to do just that, shouting “stop the count,” and intimidating election workers
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