 |
A member of the large Trump-incited mob which forced its way into the U.S. Congress while it was in session on 6 January 2021. It was this individual who was part of a group which invaded the Senate Chamber and, who posed for photographs at the podium. Note the lethal tip to his flag-draped staff. |
A little before 8:24am on 7 January 2021 (Sydney, Australia time), outgoing President Donald J. Trump tweeted a one minute video of himself speaking to his political base in which he addressed the armed mob of domestic terrorists - who even then had been violently invading the U.S. Congress for over three hours - in words to the effect that they were good people, patriots.
Telling them "we love you, you're very special" - as he purported to call for "peace".
By that point on 6 January 2021 (Washington DC time) the scheduled joint sitting of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives had been suspended and one person in this violent mob had been fatally shot by police and reportedly another three people in the building had died from other causes.
Finally, the social media platform Twitter reacted to the very real danger Donald Trump presented to the citizens of America and its democratic institutions…..
This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump's video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.
— Guy Rosen (@guyro) January 6, 2021
This is an emergency situation and we are taking appropriate emergency measures, including removing President Trump's video. We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence.
— Guy Rosen (@guyro) January 6, 2021
This means that the account of @realDonaldTrump will be locked for 12 hours following the removal of these Tweets. If the Tweets are not removed, the account will remain locked.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
Our public interest policy — which has guided our enforcement action in this area for years — ends where we believe the risk of harm is higher and/or more severe.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) January 7, 2021
https://t.co/ZcbhDEAYjH
The Trump-incited insurrection in action on 6 January 2021.....
 |
| IMAGE: abc7 |
 |
| IMAGE: Yahoo! News UK |
 |
| IMAGE: IrishTimes Capitol Hill security personnel attempting to keep the rampaging mob out of the House of Representatives chamber......  IMAGE: Twitter People in the House of Representatives chamber gallery sheltering from the mob....  IMAGE: abc7 Members of Congress fleeing the House chamber....  IMAGE: NBC News Despite the attempt to derail the joint sitting of both Houses convened to confirm the previously recorded electoral college votes (and it is rumoured an attempt by those domestic terrorists to steal the original electoral college vote forms) at 7.44pm on 7 January 2021 (Sydney, Australia time) the U.S. Congress confirmed that Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris are respectively President-elect and Vice President-elect of the United States of America with a majority of 306 electoral votes each. The 46th inauguration of a duly-elected American president will proceed as planned on 20 January 2021. Unless Trump's terrorists take another lethally violent step. BACKGROUND President Trump Save America rally January 6: full comments |
https://youtu.be/8X0KIYInLHc
NOTE:
As is usual, Facebook was slower to respond to the unfolding danger.
According to The Guardian on 8 January 2021:
Donald Trump will be suspended from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely and at least until the end of his time in office, Mark Zuckerberg has said, as a consequence of his support for the rioters who stormed the US Capitol on Wednesday.
The US president was initially suspended from the social network for 24 hours, as a result of two posts shared to the platform in which he appeared to praise the actions of the rioters.
In a post to Facebook on Thursday, Zuckerberg said the suspension would last much longer. “The shocking events of the last 24 hours clearly demonstrate that President Donald Trump intends to use his remaining time in office to undermine the peaceful and lawful transition of power to his elected successor, Joe Biden,” Facebook’s chief executive wrote.
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great. Therefore, we are extending the block we have placed on his Facebook and Instagram accounts indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the peaceful transition of power is complete.”
