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I watched Trump's 70-minute January 6th speech in DC--the one right before his supporters stormed the Capital--so you don't have to
Here's a compilation of the most interesting bits for your....what is the opposite of enjoyment?
Here's a compilation of the most interesting bits for your....what is the opposite of enjoyment?
This is from very early on in the speech
"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical Left Democrats, which is what they're doing...we will never give up, we will never concede"
"You don't concede when there's theft involved"
"All of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical Left Democrats, which is what they're doing...we will never give up, we will never concede"
"You don't concede when there's theft involved"
"We will not let them silence your voices!" Trump says, and the crowd erupts into loud chants of "FIGHT FOR TRUMP!"
Trump says something amazing, and he says it twice. Here's the first time. It's at the end--I left the first part for context
"Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong"
"Because you'll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength, and you have to be strong"
A bit of a threat for the wavering Republicans:
"I actually think though, it takes--again--more courage NOT to step up. And I think a lot of those people are going to find that out"
"I actually think though, it takes--again--more courage NOT to step up. And I think a lot of those people are going to find that out"
"You will have an illegitimate President, is what you'll have. And we can't let that happen."
He says "we can't let that happen" a truly staggering number of times in the speech
He says "we can't let that happen" a truly staggering number of times in the speech
Once again, Trump advances the idea of strength as essential virtue in these times, this time with relation to Section 230
"Let the weak ones get out; this is a time for strength"
"Let the weak ones get out; this is a time for strength"
Two close but non-consecutive clips here: a claim of "landslide victory" and a clip where he makes elections a national security concern
He tells Congress to pass "sweeping election reforms. And you'd better do it before we have no country left"
"[Today] is just the beginning"
He tells Congress to pass "sweeping election reforms. And you'd better do it before we have no country left"
"[Today] is just the beginning"
Trump makes his refusal to concede an actually-pretty-devastating loss into the actions of a martyr
Then he makes a very clear call to action:
"We fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
Then he makes a very clear call to action:
"We fight. We fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
Trump's final words over footage of the storming of the Capital from Washington Post and WSJ
"We're going to the Capital. And we're going to try and give...our Republicans...the kind of pride and boldness they need to take back our country."
"We're going to the Capital. And we're going to try and give...our Republicans...the kind of pride and boldness they need to take back our country."
Full speech, if you hate yourself (starts at 2:36:00):
Washington Post video:
WSJ video:
Washington Post video:
WSJ video:
