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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 12:59 PM Jan 2021

Aide Says Trump Was a 'Monster' During Capitol Siege

January 7, 2021 at 11:22 am EST By Taegan Goddard

President Trump privately defended his supporters as they stormed the Capitol on Wednesday and contradicted aides by ad-libbing parts of the recorded speech in which he told rioters to go home, the Washington Post reports.

Said one official: “He didn’t want to condemn his people… He was a total monster today.”

Another said the situation was “insane” and “beyond the pale.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/07/aide-says-trump-was-a-monster-during-capitol-siege/

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Aide Says Trump Was a 'Monster' During Capitol Siege (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2021 OP
And yet they have not locked him up in the bunker. lagomorph777 Jan 2021 #1
Resign publicly and give your name. BusyBeingBest Jan 2021 #2
Yes. exboyfil Jan 2021 #4
This! Roland99 Jan 2021 #9
Yet they are still there. spanone Jan 2021 #3
Was? mahina Jan 2021 #5
a monster just today?? agingdem Jan 2021 #6
So many witnesses C_U_L8R Jan 2021 #7
When the headline says "EX-aide..." I'll be inclined to listen. Buns_of_Fire Jan 2021 #8
No secret that Donny gets drunk on power Blue Owl Jan 2021 #10

C_U_L8R

(49,526 posts)
7. So many witnesses
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:06 PM
Jan 2021

Yet not one even has the nerve to hit 'record' on a cellphone.
Much less walk out to a microphone and expose this awful behavior.

Buns_of_Fire

(19,221 posts)
8. When the headline says "EX-aide..." I'll be inclined to listen.
Thu Jan 7, 2021, 01:07 PM
Jan 2021

Until then, they have nothing to say that interests me in the least.

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