Thread by @BidenHarrisWH

🧵NYT: (to long to publish) so here it is.
#J6
The untold... When Mr. Trump issued his Dec. 18th tweet inviting supporters to Washington DC for an "it will be wild" event on Jan. 6th he did so with an as yet unaddressed level of malice. Mr. Trump and... nytimes.com/2022/07/10/opi…

...his seditious co-conspirators anticipated thousands of supporters. As expected Citizens traveled from across the Nation to gather for speaches and a final rally on the Ellipse. There is little doubt that most who traveled to Washington that fateful day knew...

...what what they were actually walking into. This in no way excuses any of the horrendously violent actions of the unwitting who allowed themselves to be incited to violence by Donald Trump. Nor does it excuse those who allowed themselves to be swept up by the rabid...

...bomb throwing rhetoric of militant operatives and insurgents strategically seeded throughout the horde.
The unaddressed malice of Donald Trump's "it will be wild" tweet concerns the thousands who arrived in DC without violent intent. What they did know is they...

...were there as a human smoke screen to provide cover for small carefully organized and militarized stacks of insurgents who were tasked with very specific operational objectives. The unwitting horde provided an opperational fog that tactically overwhelmed and...

...blinded the Capitol Police. Had the assault involved a lesser number of rioters the Capitol Police's forces would not have been pulled to the building's perimeters and they may have been able to recognize and focus on the insurgents and the protection of Lawmakers...

...and their staffs.
In thinking about the unwitting within the attacking horde what they did know is this. Mr. Trump, his co-conspirators and members of the Proud Boys, Three Percenters and Oath Keepers were prepared for horrifying levels violence and bloodshed.

These groups had prepositioned rapid reaction forces with caches of assault weapons and grenades. These standby forces were constrained by rules of engagement that called for them to only respond and enter the fray if the Capitol Police responded to the mob with...

...deadly force or Mr. Trump called for martial law or the Insurrection Act. Had any one of those occured and a fire fight ensued the unwitting thousands would have become human shields to be ruthlessly sacrificed for the sake of a disgraceful lie.

For the coup plotters this outcome may have been a "worse case" among several anticipated outcomes. Even so it shows how far they and Donald Trump were willingly to go.
This also reveals the TRUTH of Donald Trump's nearly unfathomable depth of depravity.

Lastly! No person should expect that the insurgents who participated in the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6 nor those who are members of far right militias throughout the nation are happy with the day's final outcome. In fact many believe Donald Trump betrayed them...

...when he failed to escalate to achieve what they believed was a final goal.
Many thousands remain armed and ready. "Standing back and standing by" they await opportunity to exercise whatever violence is necessary to assert control over the free Citizens of the United States.

Correction:

"What they did NOT know is they..."

Correction:
"In thinking about the unwitting within the attacking horde what they did *NOT* know is this. Mr. Trump..."