Thread by @therecount

Trump’s defense team played a long whataboutism-filled mashup of Democrats saying the word “fight.”

Follow along, here’s what they left out:

"I̶ ̶l̶o̶o̶k̶e̶d̶ ̶i̶n̶t̶o̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶e̶y̶e̶s̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶…̶ ̶p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶w̶h̶o̶ ̶s̶u̶r̶v̶i̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶s̶c̶h̶o̶o̶l̶ ̶s̶h̶o̶o̶t̶i̶n̶g̶s̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶I̶ ̶m̶a̶d̶e̶ ̶e̶a̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶m̶ ̶a̶ ̶p̶r̶o̶m̶i̶s̶e̶ ̶…̶ ̶I̶ ̶w̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶never, never, never give up this fight.” — President Biden

“̶W̶h̶e̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶u̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶h̶a̶t̶e̶ ... ̶w̶e̶ ̶m̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶t̶o̶g̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶e̶v̶e̶r̶ ̶l̶e̶t̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶a̶l̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶i̶n̶ their fight." — Vice President Harris

“̶I̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶t̶i̶m̶e̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶n̶ ̶a̶n̶t̶i̶-̶c̶o̶r̶r̶u̶p̶t̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶b̶i̶l̶l̶ ̶i̶n̶ ̶W̶a̶s̶h̶i̶n̶g̶t̶o̶n̶.̶ We gotta get on our front foot and fight back.” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)

As you can imagine, there are many more examples. But we’ll end on a quote from Trump Defense Lawyer Michael Van Der Veen:

“Context does indeed matter.”