(01-24-2024, 06:47 PM)NYC4jags Wrote:

(01-24-2024, 05:09 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote: People seem to keep forgetting the SotH has control of what happens at the Capitol. Yes, Trump could have and should have addressed his supporters. We don't know if he wanted to but was told to stand down for whatever reason, or he decided to sit back with popcorn and soda and watch the show.

Ultimately it was Nancy Pelosi's job to get control of the situation and she didn't even seem to bother trying. Pelosi and the Democrats gained a lot by allowing things to unfold and not interfere. Trump and the Republicans gained nothing by letting this happen.

Only one of us on this message board, Eric85, was even there when this happened and he is definitely not a Trump supporter nor a Republican. He's said what he witnessed and the moderates and liberals don't believe him but they'll believe what MSM says happened even though we all know they are biased.

I think both sides are to blame and for anyone to think any differently is burying their partisan heads in the sand.

Yeah - we do know

There is testimony on record from multiple Trump aides and cabinet members that were there following his speech. 

He threw a hissy fit because the secret service wouldn't let him march on the capitol. Even lunging at one of the agents. 
When they got him back to the the WH he threw a container of ketchup at the wall and continued his little tantrum for some time before settling in to watch Fox News for hours while his aides urged him to go downstairs to the briefing area arranged for him and address the insurrectionists. He refused long enough to let people die.