🧵As the #Jan6Committee wraps up, there are troubling indications that it isn't going to tell the full story.
While Trump caused the Capitol Putsch, it was right-wing extremism that made tens of thousands of people hear his call. This must be said: tyt.com/reports/7015be…
While Trump caused the Capitol Putsch, it was right-wing extremism that made tens of thousands of people hear his call. This must be said: tyt.com/reports/7015be…
The committee was right to refer Trump for criminal prosecution for his months of deliberate lies and incitement before the attack, but the executive summary released this week notably omits any mention of Christian supremacism, white nationalism, or anti-abortion sentiment.
We'll see what the full report looks like, but based on why my @TYTreports colleague @CandiceColeNews heard from committee member Jamie Raskin, it seems as though some members may not have wanted to broach the subject of right-wing extremism in the report. tyt.com/reports/7015be…
It will be unfortunate if the report omits right-wing extremism, because even now, many Americans do not know how powerful and common it is in Republican activism circles.
A comprehensive report on the Capitol Putsch must discuss 𝙬𝙝𝙮 it happened, in addition to 𝙝𝙤𝙬 it did.
A comprehensive report on the Capitol Putsch must discuss 𝙬𝙝𝙮 it happened, in addition to 𝙝𝙤𝙬 it did.
As Rachel Carroll Rivas of @splcenter told me: “It’s incumbent upon our leaders ... to make it clear to the American public that the deadly events of that day were never meant to be the end goal for these extremists.” /end tyt.com/reports/7015be…
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