A Transient Historical past of Trump’s Violent Remarks


After the second try on his life, Donald Trump accused his political opponents of inspiring the assaults in opposition to him with their rhetoric. The fact, nevertheless, is that Trump himself has a protracted document—singular amongst American presidents of the fashionable period—of inciting and threatening violence in opposition to his fellow residents, journalists, and anybody he deems his opposition. Beneath is a partial checklist of his violent feedback, from the 2016 presidential marketing campaign till at present.

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June 2020, in keeping with former Protection Secretary Mark Esper’s memoir, which [described] Trump having stated this about protesters exterior the White Home (Trump has denied saying this)

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January 6, 2021, simply minutes earlier than addressing the group on the Ellipse, Trump shouted this to his advance staff, in keeping with [testimony] from Cassidy Hutchinson (who served as assistant to White Home chief of employees Mark Meadows throughout the Trump administration)

Donald Trump giving a speech on January 6, 2021 in front of the White House.
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