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24 Mar, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Few thoughts on this:

1. The first messages about Jan 6 come just hours after Trump called for his supporters to come to DC that day. No Trump call, no mass protest, no Oath Keepers plot.
2. Now we'd think about this chatter (Emergency Broadcast System, Insurrection Act) as QAnon theories, but in November and December they were also a big part of what hardcore red hat MAGA was talking about. Trump told them they were going to win and they believed him.
I remain astonished that the FBI wasn't actively monitoring the Oath Keepers, 3%ers and Proud Boys. They were the obvious ringleaders here.
This photo is pretty damning. At least at this entrance to the Capitol, the plot participants led the breach and the mob followed behind them.

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1. Russia tried to help Trump and smear Biden.
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3. China sat this one out.
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