VICE: "We Recreated the Capitol Riot Through Cellphone Videos and It's Terrifying"

[Nevilledog]

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkbe4b/the-capitol-riot-through-cell-phone-videos-terrifying?fbclid=IwAR07mv-xD7Luxj6AXiVPzt7s8DMfdXC5-QTACSJ7JeNQhwn144P3R_78m_4

The masses came as asked. They came because something, they believed, had been taken from them.

“Media will not show the magnitude of this crowd,” President Donald Trump bellowed from the Ellipse, south of the White House, on January 6. “We have hundreds of thousands of people here, and I just want them to be recognized by the fake news media. Turn your cameras, please, and show what's really happening out here, because these people are not going to take it any longer.”

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” he said.

No one had. In the hours that followed, thousands of Trump supporters marched on the Capitol, where Congress was officially counting electoral ballots, to protest President Joe Biden’s election. A mob broke into the building, forcing senators and representatives to flee for cover as insurrectionists roamed the hallways and tear gas floated through the Rotunda.

For this special episode of Source Material, an immersive series aimed at giving viewers the experience of being in the center of a story, VICE News scoured hundreds of hours of footage from the insurrection to distill how a spectrum of ideologies, conspiracies, and political beliefs converged that winter day.

This film also reflects the years of groundwork laid by Trump and his staffers that ultimately culminated in the insurrection. In 2015 on the campaign trail, he falsely claimed that elections are rigged and the only way he could lose would be through systemic voter fraud. He said it again in 2016 when he won. He repeated it throughout his presidency. And he claimed fraud again—and again, and again—when he lost.

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[JoeOtterbein]

1. K n R ! Thanks for posting! nt

[msfiddlestix]

2. bookmarking

[sheshe2]

3. I watched the whole thing.

This is the worst and most violent video yet. Trumps rhetoric makes all that worse.

And in the end he tells them he loves them and to go home in peace. Well, donnie they went home and got arrested. They will spend years in prison as I hope you do.

[Hamlette]

9. so did I, lots of stuff I've never seen before. Assholes n/t

[SunSeeker]

4. Bookmarking for later viewing!

(On an empty stomach, and not right before bed.)

[ShazzieB]

6. Also bookmarking.

Don't have the stomach for it at the moment, but I will get to it later. 😬

[Hassin Bin Sober]

7. Me too. I want to sleep tonight.

[crickets]

14. Same, and not looking forward to it. Replying to kick. nt

[bottomofthehill]

5. Kicking to find later

[burrowowl]

8. K&R

[barbtries]

10. the people were out of their minds

propaganda, lies, cult of personality. i look at it and feel baffled. it's very primitive.

[live love laugh]

11. God help us. nt

[liberalmediaaddict]

12. Trump belongs in supermax

Based on this video alone he should be prosecuted for sedition. The Republicans still standing by him while he continues to imcite violence with his lies about the election are even more despicable.

If Trump ever attempts to run for office again his opponent should just put parts of this video in every campaign ad to remind people of why Trump and his supporters are so dangerous.

[JudyM]

13. For folks who don't have time to watch the whole thing, start at around 22', IMO.

The rest is prelude most of which we’ve seen.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. Bookmarked for later

Thanks for posting