The Colorado Department of State warned that it would be “a matter for the Courts” if the state’s Republican party withdrew from or ignored the results of the primary.

The Colorado Department of State warned that it would be “a matter for the Courts” if the state’s Republican party withdrew from or ignored the results of the primary.

  • mo_ztt ✅@lemmy.worldEnglish
    351·
    9 months ago

    Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!

    Karl then reminded Trump that some of his supporters involved in the violent attack were calling for Pence to be killed.

    “Well, the people were very angry,” Trump said.

    “They said, ‘hang Mike Pence,’” Karl told Trump.

    “It’s common sense, Jon. It’s common sense that you’re supposed to protect,” Trump said. “How can you, if you know a vote is fraudulent, right, how can you pass on a fraudulent vote to Congress?”

    -Source

    A former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told the House January 6 committee that then-President Donald Trump had suggested to Meadows he approved of the “hang Mike Pence” chants from rioters who stormed the US Capitol, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

    Cassidy Hutchinson, the former aide, also testified that Trump complained about his then-vice president being hustled to safety while Trump supporters breached the Capitol, the sources said.

    After Pence said that he did not believe he had the authority to reject Electoral College votes, Trump tweeted that “Mike Pence didn’t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. USA demands the truth!”

    Videos from the Capitol during the riot show a man with a bullhorn, reading the tweet aloud to others in the mob. Inside, rioters swarmed the hallways and chanted, “Hang Mike Pence.”

    -Source

    It’s common in organized crime to use vague language in order to request crimes to be committed, so that there’s no literal statement “I need you my supporters to please kill the vice president for me.” Nonetheless, the communication is understood by both the speaker and listener to mean that that’s what he wants to be done. Usually it’s actually a lot less subtle than that collection of facts. If you don’t agree with my interpretation, though, how would you characterize that set of facts? What do you think was what Trump wanted his supporters to do?