Thread by @PaulaChertok

DeGette: The crowd chanted the same words as Trump—at the rally and again during the Capitol siege: "Fight like Hell, Fight for Trump. Stop the Steal." They responded to his calls and followed his instructions. They said he invited them, he told them to do it. #ImpeachmentTrial

Raskin: Michigan Capitol siege was a dress rehearsal for storming US Capitol. Trump praised it, sided w/ the extremists against Gov Whitmer. Even after violent extremists were arrested for assassination plot, Trump vilified HER—not the violent insurrectionists. #ImpeachmentTrial

If you're not shaking, you're not paying attention. Trump's sociopathy is fully exposed. He unleashed violent extremists & radicalized Americans to turn against each other so he can stay in power. He happily incites violence, even civil war. A Putin goal BTW. #ImpeachmentTrial

Here Raskin shows that Trump knows exactly how he's communicating w/ supporters & would-be mob. Trump made an inside joke at a Michigan rally about inciting the attack on Gov Whitmer, showing "how much can actually be communicated by him with just a little nod." #ImpeachmentTrial

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1359923991679492097

DeGette shows far-right extremism is the thru-line in Trump's incitement. The Capitol siege was their most successful attack. Extremists were/are emboldened b/c Trump emboldened them. He called them very fine people after they killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville. #Impeachment

Castro: Our adversaries are using Trump's Capitol attack to justify their attacks on democracy. Trump gave China an opportunity to create a false equivalency between a Hong Kong protesters who want democracy to Trump's insurrectionists who tried to destroy it. #ImpeachmentTrial