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Trump had a seven-part plan to overturn the 2020 election, according to the January 6 Committee (lemmy.world)
submitted 16 hours ago by btaf45@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social
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  1. Trump had knowledge that he lost the 2020 election but spread misinformation to the American public and made false statements claiming significant voter fraud led to his defeat;

  2. Trump planned to remove and replace the Attorney General and Justice Department officials in an effort to force the DOJ to support false allegations of election fraud;

  3. Trump pressured Vice President Pence to refuse certified electoral votes in the official count on January 6, in violation of the U.S. Constitution;

  4. Trump pressured state lawmakers and election officials to alter election results in his favor;

  5. Trump's legal team and associates directed Republicans in seven states to produce and send fake "alternate" electoral slates to Congress and the National Archives;

  6. Trump summoned and assembled a destructive mob in Washington and sent them to march on the U.S. Capitol; and

  7. Trump ignored multiple requests to speak out in real time against the mob violence, refused to instruct his supporters to disband, and failed to take any immediate actions to halt attacks on the Capitol.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_hearings_of_the_United_States_House_Select_Committee_on_the_January_6_Attack#7PartPlan

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[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 35 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

How nice that Americans are pretending like the two candidates are almost equivalent.

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 10 points 13 hours ago

Don't confuse the for-profit media with actual people.

Most boots on the ground humans know the difference, and that's what is so scary, bc they will vote as they will because - not in spite of - this.

Source: have you ever talked with a magat sometime in the last few years? They mean it (or at least think they do).

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 30 points 15 hours ago

Insurrectionist and traitor.

[–] AlternatePersonMan@lemmy.world 26 points 15 hours ago

These are all ridiculously evil, but #7 should really be all the evidence it should take to convince anyone.

All he had to do was say "stop," but he refused. No other president would have gotten away with sitting idle while their capital was being overthrown.