I'm not -assuming- anything. It absolutely was Trump.
Stacey Plaskett, a Democratic House delegate representing the Virgin Islands, argued that the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 was not just foreseeable — it was violence that former President Donald Trump "deliberately encouraged."
Plaskett exhibited a video Trump tweeted on Oct. 31, 2020, showing his supporters trying to run a Biden-Harris campaign bus off a highway in Texas. Trump's tweet was accompanied by text that read: "I LOVE TEXAS!"
While the FBI investigated the incident, Trump defended his supporters, calling them patriots and saying they did nothing wrong.
"Engaging in violence for him made them patriots to Donald Trump," Plaskett said.
She also argued that Trump incited the Proud Boys, a group classified as an extremist organization by the FBI.
Plaskett pointed out that Trump refused to condemn the group during a September presidential debate, instead telling them to "stand back and stand by." The Proud Boys adopted that phrase as their new slogan.
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