keepers and private messages. on november 25th, 2020, three weeks after donald trump lost the election, he wrote to a group called old leadership chat, quote, time to get serious about trading and force on force is the way to go. a few days later, he elaborated, it will be 1776 all over again. more like 1775 all over again. on december 14th, the day when the electors cast their votes, formalizing joe biden s win, rhodes told the group, trump has one last chance to act. he must use the insurrection act unless we fight a bloody civil war revolution. and then on new year s eve, roads was clear about what he believed what happened when week later. quote, on the sixth, they are going to put the final nail in the coffin of this republic. unless we fight our way out. with trump, preferably, or without him, we have no choice. those messages show that elmer rhodes was planning for anticipating a bloody insurrection. he was dead set on marshaling violence to wage war against the rightfully elect
stationed outside of d. c. as a nuclear option, in case the attempt to remove the president illegally will step in and stop it. so, i ve got my good man on the ground already. we ve been reclining there last week and we are sorting out where we are going to be staging, and will be inside d. c.. we will also be on the outside of d. c. armed, prepared to go, and if the president calls us. during the trial, the government revealed evidence of how rhodes directed the oath keepers and private messages. on november 25th, 2020, three weeks after donald trump lost the election, he wrote to a group called old leadership chat, quote, time to get serious about trading and force on force is the way to go. a few days later, he elaborated, it will be 1776 all over again. more like 1775 all over again. on december 14th, the day when the electors cast their votes, formalizing joe biden s win, rhodes told the group, trump has one last chance to act. he must use the insurrection act unless we fight a
that way is because that gives you a legal cover. yes, that sort of official position. you know that we are speaking in good faith. the q r f, at that reference, is what oath keepers are armed, and ready to deploy. that brings us to today s testimony, and it was directing oath keepers to be private. it was the standout had investigated the case, and is messages they obtained during the investigation. roads said, to oath keepers group chats. it was painting a picture of a man who is dead set on marshaling violence, and wage war against a rightfully elected violent with the peaceful transfer of power. on november 25th, 2020, three weeks after trump about the election, rhodes wrote to a group called old leadership chat. quote, time to get serious about training. and force on force is the way to go.
but i wish i would have made a stand back stand by shirt. on december 19th, president trump tweeted about the january 6th rally and told attendees, be there, will be wild. many of the witnesses that we interviewed were inspired by the president s call and came to d. c. for january 6th. but the extremists, they took it a step further. they viewed this tweet as a call to arms. a day later, the department of justice describes how the proud boys created a chat called the ministry of self-defense leadership chat. in this chat, the proud boys established a command leadership structure in anticipation coming back to d. c. on january 6th. the department of justice describes mr. tarrio as coming into possession of the document 1776 returns, and the document [inaudible] key sites around the united states capitol. it wasn t an insurrection, saying just to be clear, the proud boys own model for january 6th was explicitly revolution, which is, of course, the use of force and violence to ove
many of the witnesses that we interviewed were inspired by the presidents call and came to d.c. for january 6th. but the extremists, they took it a step further. they viewed this tweet as a call to arms. a day later, the department of justice describes how the proud boys created a chant called the ministry of self-defense leadership chat. in this chat, the proud boys established a command leadership structure in anticipation coming back to d.c. on january 6th. the depart of justice describes mr. tarrio as coming into possession with the of the document 1776 returns, and the document [inaudible] key [inaudible] around the united states capital. it wasn t an insurrection, saying just to be clear, the proud boys own model for january 6th was explicitly revolution, which is, of course, the use of force and violence to overthrow a government. and an insurrection well, that s just a revolution that fails. that s why we call it an insurrection. it didn t work, thank god.