Head of Capitol security task force says Trump fed insurrectionists 'a little BS'
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led a review of security failures around the January 6 insurrection, said Tuesday that the US Capitol attack was fueled by a "information operation" led by former President Donald Trump that involved feeding Americans "a little BS" and then allowing them to act on those beliefs.
Speaking during an event hosted by the Atlantic Council, Honoré characterized false claims pushed by Trump and echoed by his GOP allies in Congress that the election was stolen as "propaganda" intended to shape people's minds by reinforcing what they wanted to hear and allowing them to run with it.
"We've been had by a little propaganda and a superb use of information operation, which is an offensive weapon to shape people's minds. ... Just tell them a little BS of what they want to hear, a little sliver of truth, and they act on it," he said.
"That's right on the verge of what we saw in the last generation called propaganda. ... It is like the guy who keeps lying about having a horse. You keep telling people you have a horse and someone is going to give him a saddle," he said. "People who wanted to believe that message that the election was stolen, they rode with it and they continue to ride with it," Honoré added.
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A little? He gave them a lot of BS.
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