Raskin: Michigan Statehouse siege was a 'dress rehearsal' for Capitol riot

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Jamie Raskin laid out a powerful case Thursday that former President Donald Trump’s “pattern” of inciting violence began long before the Jan. 6 riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol. To illustrate that point, Raskin, D-Md., revisited the political unrest last spring in Michigan and the alleged plot to kidnap and kill the state’s Democratic governor.

“Jan. 6 was the culmination of the president's actions, not an aberration from them,” Raskin, the lead impeachment manager in the Senate trial against Trump, said, adding, “There the pattern is, staring us in the face.”

Raskin played a series of video clips of Trump encouraging violence against protesters at his political rallies, then pivoted to the unrest in Michigan over Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's strict coronavirus restrictions.

“On March 17, the day after Whitmer pushed the federal government to better support the states on COVID-19, Trump criticized her handling of the pandemic, tweeting, ‘Failing Michigan governor must work harder and be much more proactive. We are pushing her to get the job done. I stand with Michigan,’” Raskin said. “On March 27 he added, 'I love Michigan. One of the reasons we’re doing such a great job for them during this horrible pandemic, yet your governor Gretchen Half-Whitmer is way in over her head. She doesn’t have a clue, likes blaming everyone for her own ineptitude. #MAGA!' On April 17, 2020, he tweeted, 'LIBERATE MICHIGAN!'"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/raskin-michigan-statehouse-siege-was-a-dress-rehearsal-for-capitol-riot-195227892.html

[triron]

1. So now what was the Capitol siege 'dress rehearsal' for?

Surely something much more ominous (if one can even imagine that).