President Donald Trump claimed the armed militias that descended on Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, were there “peacefully” in an interview on Fox News Sunday, warning Americans were threatened by “the enemy within.” He insisted that he had been exposed. ”
In a sit-down conversation with Media Buzz host Howard Kurtz, the former president asserted that the crowd in Washington, D.C., on the day of the insurrection was there “peacefully and patriotically.”
“It was the largest crowd ever. I spoke at the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial on the Fourth of July,” he said. “This crowd was bigger. I tell you, there was more beauty and love there than I had ever seen.
“A lot of strange things happened, like small groups going to the Capitol and police directing them to the Capitol. So I’m not referring to that,” he continued. .
This claim was verified as false by FOX News. “To be clear, the police did not lead the protesters to the Capitol. They were completely overrun. President Trump’s claims that the last election was stolen were It has not been proven in any of the lawsuits filed.
In the interview, President Trump reiterated that it is “accurate” to say there are “enemies” within the United States, including Representative Adam Schiff and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. insisted.
The former president also falsely claimed that he offered to send Pelosi troops from the National Guard to protect the Capitol. However, this falsehood was confirmed by Mr. Kurz in a segment of the interview.
Q: You called January 6th the Day of Love. Americans felt it was a dark and tragic day
TRUMP: That was the largest crowd I’ve ever spoken to. They went to the Capitol to protest election fraud. There was beauty and love there pic.twitter.com/VKISpd8yGy
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Kurtz also pressed Trump on whether he had “a lot of sympathy” for the officers protecting the U.S. Capitol.
“When I gave that speech, I had never seen anything like that before. They came to protest a fraudulent election. You know, in this country you have the right to protest. I think so,” Trump replied.
An agitated Trump winced as he continued to compare the George Floyd protests in Portland, Oregon, to the January 6 riots.
“There’s no one closer to the police than me, no one. But look at Portland, Oregon, people were killed. No one was killed here. No one had guns here. Ta.”
“Some had guns,” Kurtz corrected.
“Really? Well, I haven’t heard anything like that,” a bemused Trump replied, then continued to insist they were unarmed.
“I don’t think so. They didn’t have guns. They didn’t have guns,” he said.
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