Um, Mike Pence has called you one of his heroes. Because of Trump’s words and actions, an angry MAGA mob breached the Capitol and hunted down Pence, chanting “Hang Mike Pence, hang Mike Pence!” How can u defend him?! 1/
https://twitter.com/mortonblackwell/status/1392107734431150086
2/ “Trump did more than just invite supporters to a rally. He also repeatedly shared a slickly produced video,” which declared “‘We know that our rights don’t come from the government, but from God..And we will fight to the death to protect those rights.’” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
4/ Fact check: true. ✅ snopes.com/fact-check/han…
5/ “Morton Blackwell is one of my heroes” - Mike Pence
6/ Yes, the violence was predictable. “Language like Metaxas’s, like the Texas GOP’s, and like some of the statements you’ll read below embody a form of fanaticism that can lead to deadly violence.” - 12/13/20 frenchpress.thedispatch.com/p/the-dangerou…
7/ Trump has stoked violence from the start of his presidency. 
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