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The chain between Trump's misinformation and violent anger remains unbroken
Philip Bump 56 mins ago
During a hearing focused on the Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol, former acting defense secretary Christopher Miller made two remarkable statements.
The first was a reiteration of a point he’d made previously.
“I have been asked by the media whether I believe the president” — his former boss, Donald Trump — “was responsible for the events that occurred on January 6. I stand by my prior observation that I personally believe his comments encouraged the protesters that day, but I am not in a position to make an official assessment of his responsibility,” Miller said.
The framing is anodyne and the subject familiar, but we should consider how unusual that statement is. A former acting Cabinet secretary is accusing his former boss, the president of the United States, of providing encouragement to attempted insurrectionists.
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