“There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the attack on the U.S. Capitol. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”
“And having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.”
“This was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories orchestrated by the outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters’ decision or else torch our institutions on the way out.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
“There’s no question, none, that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the attack on the U.S. Capitol. No question about it. The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president.”
“And having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements, conspiracy theories and reckless hyperbole which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.”
“This was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories orchestrated by the outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters’ decision or else torch our institutions on the way out.” — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)