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In reply to the discussion: NBC: Pro-Trump Capitol rioters like the 'QAnon Shaman' looked ridiculous -- by design [View all]wnylib
(21,438 posts)words, just posted on video at the gov website? He calls for all demonstrators on the 20th to avoid any form of violence and to maintain order.
I think the words are meant to cover his a$$ after seeing the consequences of the coup to him from businesses and the impeachment.
He only spoke out against violence this time around AFTER the impeachment started and AFTER he was cut from Twitter, Facebook, Wall Street, Deutsche Bank, etc.
Whatever the motivation to call for peace, it will have no effect on the militia mobs and he knows it. It is a statement to hide behind after the damage is done. "I told them to be peaceful. It's the media's fault because I didn't have access to Twitter to get the message out."
He is afraid of the consequences now that he knows it will fail. It will be messy. There will be violence. But it will fail.