
Can a President who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of January 6th ever be trusted?
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Can a President who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of January 6th ever be trusted?

There was no evidence of fraud or irregularities sufficient to change the election outcome.

I think it's incumbent upon us to put their minds at ease, to put our own hearts at ease by investigating what happened on the 6th and making sure that it never happens again.

I want you to just think of what you would have done if you were in his shoes and had the power to end the violence.

Within minutes of stepping off the Ellipse stage, Donald Trump knew about the violent attack on the Capitol.

Let it never be said that the dedication of those who love freedom is less than the determination of those who would destroy it.

Donald Trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office.

We the people must demand more of our politicians and ourselves. Oaths matter. Character matters. Truth matters.

For 3 hours, he refused to call off the attack.

He needed to agree that he would peacefully transfer power over to the incoming administration because that's one of our fundamentals in what it means to live in a democracy.

Donald Trump's conduct on January 6th was a supreme violation of his oath of office and a complete dereliction of his duty to our Nation.

Look, I've always said democracies are not defined by bad days; they're defined by how they recover from those bad days.

President Trump could have gone to the Press Briefing Room to issue a statement at any moment.

President Trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the Ellipse and telling the mob to go home; he chose not to act.

It is vital that publishers and universities remain diligent in preventing these fraudulent publications, and that there are consequences for engaging in this bad behavior.

I am confident, Lawrence, we will get to the bottom of what happened. I am less confident we will ever see those text messages, tragically.

I think the greater awareness that we have not only this is a problem but the--of the need to make severe penalties apparent for those who engage in destructive behavior like this, I think that's going to be key to controlling the spread…

I think it was very misleading in seeing that no records relevant were destroyed, but acknowledging records were destroyed, if they were destroyed, how did they know they were not pertinent text messages?