{"id":119731,"date":"2024-10-29T16:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-29T09:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119731"},"modified":"2024-10-29T16:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T09:08:44","slug":"harris-is-speaking-at-the-same-spot-where-trump-fanned-anger-on-jan-6-2021-heres-what-happened","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=119731","title":{"rendered":"Harris is speaking at the same spot where Trump fanned anger on Jan. 6, 2021. Here&#8217;s what happened"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Kamala Harris will deliver her campaign\u2019s \u201cclosing argument\u201d Tuesday from the same spot in Washington where Republican <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> helped incite a mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol on <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/january-6-cases\/\">Jan. 6, 2021<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>She chose the spot to draw a contrast between her vision for the country and Trump\u2019s continued lies about the 2020 election, and the risks she says his return to the White House would pose for the nation.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, thousands of his supporters stood on the grassy Ellipse just off Constitution Avenue, not far from the Washington Monument, as an angry Trump told his supporters the election had been stolen from him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not take it anymore and that\u2019s what this is all about,\u201d Trump told the crowd. \u201cAnd to use a favorite term that all of you people really came up with: We will stop the steal. Today I will lay out just some of the evidence proving that we won this election and we won it by a landslide. This was not a close election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-georgia-state-elections-media-elections-6e30f557f7a015cc9fda9549d2778670\">And we fight. We fight like hell<\/a><\/span>. And if you don\u2019t fight like hell, you\u2019re not going to have a country anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some details on what led to Trump\u2019s Jan. 6 appearance on the Ellipse and what transpired. <\/p>\n<h2>The backdrop: A failed effort to overturn the election <\/h2>\n<p>Trump\u2019s speech came <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-legal-challenges-explained-075b2ef6f75e9dd3026d54fc38b81920\">after weeks of failed legal challenges<\/a><\/span> in which Trump claimed widespread voter fraud. His attorneys put forward unsubstantiated conspiracy theories, including the idea that voting machines were created in <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-losing-election-lawsuits-36d113484ac0946fa5f0614deb7de15e\">Venezuela at the direction of Hugo Chavez<\/a><\/span>. The challenges were roundly dismissed, including by judges who had been appointed by Trump himself or other Republicans.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/barr-no-widespread-election-fraud-b1f1488796c9a98c4b1a9061a6c7f49d\">Members of Trump\u2019s own Cabinet said there\u2019d been no widespread fraud<\/a><\/span> but the ideas were nonetheless embraced by supporters and persisted. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc\">Trump has since been criminally charged<\/a><\/span> for his efforts to overturn the election. <\/p>\n<h2>Trump summons his supporters to DC on vote certification day<\/h2>\n<p>Congressional certification of the presidential vote results is normally a routine part of the electoral process. But Trump had been trying, through the failed lawsuits, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-georgia-election-investigation-grand-jury-willis-d39562cedfc60d64948708de1b011ed3\">and personal appeals to election<\/a><\/span> officials, to overturn the results.<\/p>\n<p>Trump tweeted on Dec. 19, 2020, \u201cBig protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Trump cataloged his failed court arguments and told the crowd he hoped that then-Vice President Mike Pence would refuse to certify the results of the election when he stood before the legislators at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope Mike is going to do the right thing. I hope so. I hope so,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election &#8230; He has the absolute right to do it. We\u2019re supposed to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution, and protect our Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/Jan-6-hearings-key-moments-b374e48ab5a1a0a597fd5b6ec69048c2\">Trump went on to blame<\/a><\/span> the \u201cfake news media\u201d and \u201cradical-left Democrats\u201d for stealing the election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of us here today do not want to see our election victory stolen by emboldened radical-left Democrats, which is what they\u2019re doing. And stolen by the fake news media. That\u2019s what they\u2019ve done and what they\u2019re doing. We will never give up, we will never concede. It doesn\u2019t happen. You don\u2019t concede when there\u2019s theft involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about the 2024 Election Today's news: Follow live updates from the campaign trail from the AP. Ground Game: Sign up for AP's weekly politics newsletter to get it in your inbox every Monday. AP's Role: The Associated Press is the most trusted source of information on election night, with a history of accuracy dating to 1848. Learn more.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about the 2024 Election<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trump instructs his supporters: \u2018We\u2019re going to the Capitol\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>He told the crowd that day at the end of his speech it was time to walk down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the Capitol with a rambling directive to get involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love Pennsylvania Avenue. And we\u2019re going to the Capitol, and we\u2019re going to try and give &#8230; the Democrats are hopeless \u2014 they never vote for anything. Not even one vote. But we\u2019re going to try and give our Republicans, the weak ones because the strong ones don\u2019t need any of our help. We\u2019re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo let\u2019s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The crowd heads to the Capitol. Trump does not<\/h2>\n<h2\/>\n<p>During congressional hearings on the events of Jan. 6, 2021, former <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/capitol-siege-government-and-politics-9e7c03bb83f43fb17b4fd90d1360993d\">White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson recounted how Trump<\/a><\/span> was dismissive when told that some in his crowd at the Ellipse were armed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the vicinity of a conversation where I overheard the president say something to the effect of, \u2018I don\u2019t effing care that they have weapons,\u2019\u201d Hutchinson said. \u201c\u2018They\u2019re not here to hurt me. &#8230; Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also described Trump\u2019s anger after officials told him he couldn\u2019t accompany his supporters to the U.S. Capitol because of security concerns. <\/p>\n<p>Trump went back to the White House instead. And as the violence at the Capitol unfolded, he sat at a table in a White House dining room watching the scene unfold on Fox News, according to congressional testimony. <\/p>\n<p>Pat Cipollone, Trump\u2019s top White House lawyer, told congressional investigators that multiple aides \u2014 including the president\u2019s daughter, Ivanka Trump \u2014 advised the president to say something to stop the violence. <\/p>\n<p>Trump made no effort to call for increased law enforcement assistance at the Capitol. He did not call the defense secretary, the homeland security secretary or the attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>As the president declined to call for help, <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pence-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-carlson-1e38cb44d55737031ca528b4f33aa1fb\">Pence was hiding in the Capitol<\/a><\/span>, just feet away from rioters. A noose was brought to the Capitol lawn and some cheered that they were going to hang the vice president. <\/p>\n<p>At about 4:15 p.m., around three hours after they reached the Capitol, Trump tweeted a video message: <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had an election that was stolen from us,\u201d he said. \u201cBut you have to go home now,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to have peace. We have to have law and order. We don\u2019t want anybody hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours later, after the day had spiraled out of control, he tweeted: \u201cThese are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so unceremoniously &amp; viciously stripped away from great patriots who have been badly &amp; unfairly treated for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo home with love &amp; in peace. Remember this day forever!\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rioters stormed the Senate chamber and ransacked Capitol offices for hours. They beat and bloodied law enforcement, leaving roughly 140 injured. Seven people died in the wake of the attack, including a rioter shot by police, and officers who later killed themselves.<\/p>\n<h2>In 2024, a new campaign pinned on old grievances<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/january-6-cases\/\">More than 1,500 people have been charged<\/a><\/span> in the Capitol siege in the years since. <\/p>\n<p>Trump launched his general election <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-jan-6-pardons-2024-campaign-2401ead35cb1402a7b289c2c99761373\">campaign last March by not merely<\/a><\/span> trying to rewrite the history of the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/capitol-siege\">Capitol attack,<\/a><\/span> but positioning the violent siege and failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/election-2024\">bid to return to the White House<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>During a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ohio-moreno-senate-social-security-3b450dcfc24a02c8cac3a3feb657ddc8\">rally in Ohio<\/a><\/span>, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood on stage, his hand raised in salute as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/j6-choir-trump-national-anthem-capitol-riot-79618f1f2a689c308dfdc34d54d327ea\">sang the national anthem<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were unbelievable patriots,\u201d Trump said. Having previously vowed to <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-says-he-will-pardon-capitol-riot-defendants-if-elected-934c38eb247dd8839e8985ff966b7bc5\">pardon the rioters<\/a><\/span>, he promised to help them \u201cthe first day we get into office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump, during a Univision town hall just two weeks ago, claimed the day was peaceful. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was a day of love from the standpoint of the millions, it\u2019s like hundreds of thousands, it could have been the largest group I\u2019ve ever spoken before,\u201d he claimed. \u201cThey asked me to speak, I went, and I spoke. 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