Posted on 03/28/2021 10:58:52 AM PDT by lowbridge
The former chief of staff to ex-President Donald Trump on Saturday pushed back against his former boss' recent attempt to whitewash the history of the January 6 Capitol riot.
Mick Mulvaney, who stepped down as Trump's special envoy to Northern Ireland after the insurrection, called Trump's comments that his supporters were "hugging and kissing" police officers and posed "zero threat," despite widespread violence, "manifestly false."
"I was surprised to hear the President say that. Clearly there were people who were behaving themselves, and then there were people who absolutely were not, but to come out and say that everyone was fine and there was no risk, that's just manifestly false -- people died, other people were severely injured," Mulvaney told CNN's Pamela Brown on "Newsroom."
"It's not right to say there was no risk, I don't know how you can say that when people were killed," he added.
Mulvaney was one of a handful of senior officials who resigned in the wake of the January 6 riot, including former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and former Trump deputy national security adviser Matt Pottinger.
Trump earlier this week attempted to rewrite the history of the insurrection, which he stoked by repeatedly and falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him. There is no evidence of widespread fraud, but Trump and many of his conservative allies in the media and on Capitol Hill have continued to push the narrative.
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If you honestly look at Trump’s first term and come away with even the tiniest blame, then you missed the entire thing! Either that or you’re a communist!
“If you honestly look at Trump’s first term and come away with even the tiniest blame, then you missed the entire thing! Either that or you’re a communist.”
YOU missed all the things wrong done by some of those who Trump appointed. While THEY had the primary fault, Trump had to admit to himself he erred in appointing them. To notice that is not being a communist or any sort of Leftist, just honest. YOU are no good to anyone if in supporting them you are unable to speak up and be honest with them. It takes more than a knee jerk cheerleader to help a great man like Trump.
There is nothing in me that wants to blame Trump. If political support were measured in stone, my loyalty to Trump would be a granite mountain.
As far as the logical aspect, it doesn’t make sense to blame him given the massive, corrupt opposition he had to deal with.
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