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By
Ashley Parker,
Josh Dawsey and
Philip Rucker
Jan. 11, 2021 at 10:21 p.m. CST
"Hiding from the rioters in a secret location away from the Capitol, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) appealed to Jared Kushner, President Trumps son-in-law and senior adviser. Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) phoned Ivanka Trump, the presidents daughter.
And Kellyanne Conway, a longtime Trump confidante and former White House senior adviser, called an aide who she knew was standing at the presidents side.
But as senators and House members trapped inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday begged for immediate help during the siege, they struggled to get through to the president, who safely ensconced in the West Wing was too busy watching fiery TV images of the crisis unfolding around them to act or even bother to hear their pleas.
He was hard to reach, and you know why? Because it was live TV, said one close Trump adviser. If its TiVo, he just hits pause and takes the calls. If its live TV, he watches it, and he was just watching it all unfold."
://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-mob-failure/2021/01/11/36a46e2e-542e-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,376 posts)And was sitting back enjoying it. Hell, his kids were having a party somewhere watching it on the news. They all knew and were celebrating it.
exboyfil
(17,862 posts)was supposed to magically get troops there. Trump couldn't even get them from across town.
robbob
(3,522 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It seems to me there's a word for that . . .
GusBob
(7,286 posts)Seems as if the rioters were not HIS enemy
He was on duty for his militia