and members of his inner-most circle. we re talking about the slates of fake electors set up in battleground states. they set up as the spark for the rest of the plan as conceived by john eastman. from the very beginning from when the plan was first conceived days after the november election, attorneys for the trump campaign were well aware of the fact that their plan for slates of fake electors was how should we put it fake. the new york times reported on emails from trump lawyers that say this, quote, we would just be sending in fake electoral votes to pence so someone in congress can make an objection when they start counting votes and start arguing that the they need to be counted. he wrote that on december 8, 2020 in an email to boris epshteyn, an advisor for the trump campaign. in a followup email, the same guy, mr. will len chick wrote that alternative votes is probably a better term, a better word than fake votes. he added a smiley face emoji. the plan quickly g
we had an election that was stolen from us. it was a landslide election, and everyone knows that. especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you re very special, you ve seen what happens. you see the way others are treated. that are so bad and so evil. i know how you feel. but go home, and go home in peace. that was donald trump s video response to january 6th, issues hours after the capitol had been stormed by a violent mob of insurrectionists. he is that moment once again repeat the very election lies that motivated the rioters to storm the capitol in the first place, and then told that violent mob that they were, quote, very special. that video, and another post annoyingly election, with the straws that finally broke the camel s back over america s largest social media companies. for years, trump had been allowed to use websites like twitter and facebook to vilify immigrants and religious groups, to promote vio
and everyone knows that. especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you re very special, you ve seen what happens. you see the way others are treated. that are so bad and so evil. i know how you feel. but go home, and go home in peace. that was donald trump s video response to january 6th, issues hours after the capitol had been stormed by a violent mob of insurrectionists. he is that moment once again repeat the very election lies that motivated the rioters to storm the capitol in the first place, and then told that violent mob that they were, quote, very special. that video, and another post denying the election where the straws that finally broke the camel s back over america s largest social media companies. for years, trump had been allowed to use websites like twitter and facebook to vilify immigrants and religious groups, to promote violence against media organizations and individual journalists, the spread
he starts with legitimate levers. he files a bunch of lawsuits. that s his right. that s what should happen. the justice department says, let s look into claims of election fraud. that s what should happen. as those legitimate avenues are foreclosed, he doesn t give it up and commit to a transfer of power. he doubles down on the crazy enabled by team crazy and starts to do increasingly desperate things. pressure on the justice department. pressure on the states, the fake electors. ultimately, it results in launching a violent mob of insurrectionists at the capitol to interrupt the joint session. that s what the committee laid out, a desperate series of steps, starting with legitimate lawsuits, all the way to inspiring a violent group of people who believed that the election was stolen to march on
and everyone knows that. especially the other side. but you have to go home now. we have to have peace. so go home, we love you, you re very special, you ve seen what happens. you see the way others are treated. that are so bad and so evil. i know how you feel. but go home, and go home in peace. that was donald trump s video response to january 6th, issues hours after the capitol had been stormed by a violent mob of insurrectionists. he is that moment once again repeat the very election lies that motivated the rioters to storm the capitol in the first place, and then told that violent mob that they were, quote, very special. that video, and another post denying the election where the straws that finally broke the camel s back over america s largest social media companies. for years, trump had been allowed to use websites like