Trump Told Christopher Miller: Do 'Whatever Is Necessary' to Protect Demonstrators Ahead of Capitol

[mia]

Former President Donald Trump was criticized for failing to squelch the Capitol riot, but ahead of the January 6 rally, he requested that the Secretary of Defense pull out all the stops to protect people's First Amendment rights.

Christopher Miller, former acting secretary of defense, defended his response to the Capitol riot before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. He pushed back on beliefs that there were delays in the deployment of federal resources and told legislators he filled the request he received for National Guard members....

It took more than three hours for National Guardsmen to be deployed to the Capitol, which frustrated Major General William Walker, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard. Walker told Congress in March that he believed deploying the National Guard sooner "would have made a difference" because they could have helped "extend the perimeter and push back the crowd."

...While he spoke to Trump ahead of the riot, Miller told the committee he didn't communicate with the former president as the riot unfolded. He said he "didn't need to" because he had the necessary authority and "knew what had to happen."

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-told-christopher-miller-do-whatever-necessary-protect-demonstrators-ahead-capitol-riot-1590993

[Lovie777]

1. The purpose was to overturn the government . ..

and do bodily harm and destroy the Capitol Building.

[RockRaven]

2. Like a good mobster, Christopher Miller listened to the boss's euphemism and knew exactly

what he needed to do to get the job done and keep the boss happy without making the boss say it explicitly.

"Hey, you go 'take care' of Joey Red, and make sure it's nice and quiet."
"Sure thing boss."


"Make sure those protesters 'exercise their First Amendment rights.'"
"Sure thing boss."

[kskiska]

4. Like Michael Cohen says

He speaks in code. You know what he wants. He doesn't have to be explicit.

[Caliman73]

3. That is what happens when everything is transactional

Trump wanted to use the actual US military to beat up people who were protesting police brutality, and frankly, policies that Trump favored. In that instance, "Military, go crack open their heads". When the "protestors", more like seditious insurrectionists stormed the Capital, their first amendment rights needed to be protected.

The man, and everyone who worked with him and did as he said, are scum.