| > Trump said peacefully go to the capitol. If that were the _only_ thing he did, he'd be in no trouble. You need to look at the whole picture, not crop out everything incriminating if you want to actually be able to see. He knew they were armed, knew they were violent, ramped up their anger and pointed them at the Capitol. He also very likely worked with radical paramilitary outfits like the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers and a few others that planned and executed violent attacks on the Capitol. Additionally, he refused to call off his supporters or to send in effective police or military until hours too late (or never really, last I heard only Pence did, and Trump never did). > Is our country so fragile that occupying 1 building brings the whole system down? Pretty much, yes. Our democracy is in many ways set up on the honor system. Trump and his conspirators planned to delay certification of the vote past the deadline and get the outcome of the election voted on by the House (in a special one-vote-per-state vote). This goes in tandem with their recruiting false electors, pressuring state legislatures, falsely asking the DOJ to announge phony investigations, etc. |