"The president was riveted. His supporters had heeded his call to march on the Capitol with 'pride and boldness.' For Trump, there was no more beautiful sight than thousands of energetic people waving Trump flags, wearing red MAGA caps and fighting to keep him in power."
https://twitter.com/carolleonnig/status/1415705058612817924
"'He thought, "This is cool." He was happy,' recalled one aide who was with Trump that afternoon. 'Then when it turned violent, he thought, "Oh, crap."'"
https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1415705691046744065
"Sen. Lindsey O. Graham said, 'It took him a while to appreciate the gravity of the situation. The president saw these people as allies in his journey and sympathetic to the idea that the election was stolen.'"
https://twitter.com/carolleonnig/status/1415705058612817924
"As Pence gave orders to the military, the actual commander in chief was effectively AWOL. Trump spent the afternoon glued to the television watching the drama unfold."
https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1407670997248004096
"Ivanka Trump ... spent several hours walking back and forth to the Oval trying to persuade the president to be stronger in telling his supporters he stood with law enforcement and ordering them to disperse."
https://twitter.com/carolleonnig/status/1415705058612817924
"Just when Ivanka Trump thought she had made headway and returned upstairs, Meadows would call her to say that the president still needed more persuading."
https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1407670997248004096
"Trump falsely claimed that the attackers were members of antifa. McCarthy told the president that in fact they were his own supporters. 'Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,' Trump said."
https://twitter.com/carolleonnig/status/1415705058612817924
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