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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 4736464" data-attributes="member: 48469"><p><a href="https://fortune.com/2021/01/07/trump-speech-capitol-attack-riots-pence-we-will-never-concede-maga-rally/" target="_blank">‘We will never concede’: How Donald Trump incited an attack on America</a></p><p></p><p>"Trump’s statements leading up to and during the storming of the Capitol building, however, did not include explicit calls for a violent attack on America’s democratic institutions. Instead<strong>, those laying blame on Trump are pointing in part to rhetoric that agitated his followers with conspiratorial lies and instilled a sense of imminent doom—while relying on them to make the final decision to act. This is a version of the <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/jargon-watch-rising-danger-stochastic-terrorism/" target="_blank">“stochastic terrorism”</a> tactics common to authoritarian leaders around the world."</strong></p><p></p><p>"On Dec. 19, Trump promised a “big protest in D.C. on January 6th.<strong> Be there, will be wild!</strong>” Trump promoted the rally again on Dec. 27, Dec. 30, and Jan. 1, in tweets compiled by the <em><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/capitol-mob-trump-supporters.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a>.</em></p><p></p><p>At the rally,<strong> Trump delivered the same inflammatory rhetoric and false claims <a href="https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech" target="_blank">that have characterized his entire presidency</a>. For most of an hour, he reiterated claims that the election had been stolen—claims which have been rejected as unfounded by at least <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/trumps-failed-efforts-overturn-election-numbers/4130307001/" target="_blank">59 courts</a>, including many headed by Trump-appointed judges.</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Trump also repeatedly intimated that his followers should take action. Near the beginning of his speech, Trump even made what appeared to be an indirect threat to Vice President Mike Pence, who, Trump <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-no-pence-can-t-overturn-election-results-n1252869" target="_blank">incorrectly</a> told his supporters, had the power to overturn the Nov. 3 election results.</strong></p><p></p><p>“I just talked to Mike [Pence],” Trump told the crowd. “I said, ‘Mike, [overturning the results] doesn’t take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing. That takes courage.’…<strong>We’re just not going to let that happen.”</strong></p><p></p><p>As the speech continued, Trump edged ever closer to calling for direct action by his supporters.</p><p></p><p><strong>“We will never give up; we will never concede,” Trump said to thunderous applause. “We will stop the steal. We’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol…We’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones…the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Supporters followed Trump’s call to march to the Capitol. </strong>Within less than two hours, they had forced their way through barricades, then through the doors of the Capitol building, forcing the evacuation of legislators."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 4736464, member: 48469"] [URL='https://fortune.com/2021/01/07/trump-speech-capitol-attack-riots-pence-we-will-never-concede-maga-rally/']‘We will never concede’: How Donald Trump incited an attack on America[/URL] "Trump’s statements leading up to and during the storming of the Capitol building, however, did not include explicit calls for a violent attack on America’s democratic institutions. Instead[B], those laying blame on Trump are pointing in part to rhetoric that agitated his followers with conspiratorial lies and instilled a sense of imminent doom—while relying on them to make the final decision to act. This is a version of the [URL='https://www.wired.com/story/jargon-watch-rising-danger-stochastic-terrorism/']“stochastic terrorism”[/URL] tactics common to authoritarian leaders around the world."[/B] "On Dec. 19, Trump promised a “big protest in D.C. on January 6th.[B] Be there, will be wild![/B]” Trump promoted the rally again on Dec. 27, Dec. 30, and Jan. 1, in tweets compiled by the [I][URL='https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/06/us/politics/capitol-mob-trump-supporters.html']New York Times[/URL].[/I] At the rally,[B] Trump delivered the same inflammatory rhetoric and false claims [URL='https://www.vox.com/21506029/trump-violence-tweets-racist-hate-speech']that have characterized his entire presidency[/URL]. For most of an hour, he reiterated claims that the election had been stolen—claims which have been rejected as unfounded by at least [URL='https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/politics/elections/2021/01/06/trumps-failed-efforts-overturn-election-numbers/4130307001/']59 courts[/URL], including many headed by Trump-appointed judges. Trump also repeatedly intimated that his followers should take action. Near the beginning of his speech, Trump even made what appeared to be an indirect threat to Vice President Mike Pence, who, Trump [URL='https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/fact-check-no-pence-can-t-overturn-election-results-n1252869']incorrectly[/URL] told his supporters, had the power to overturn the Nov. 3 election results.[/B] “I just talked to Mike [Pence],” Trump told the crowd. “I said, ‘Mike, [overturning the results] doesn’t take courage. What takes courage is to do nothing. That takes courage.’…[B]We’re just not going to let that happen.”[/B] As the speech continued, Trump edged ever closer to calling for direct action by his supporters. [B]“We will never give up; we will never concede,” Trump said to thunderous applause. “We will stop the steal. We’re going to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue, and we’re going to the Capitol…We’re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones…the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.” Supporters followed Trump’s call to march to the Capitol. [/B]Within less than two hours, they had forced their way through barricades, then through the doors of the Capitol building, forcing the evacuation of legislators." [/QUOTE]
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