Posted on 03/11/2021 12:55:59 PM PST by GIdget2004
Christopher Miller, who served as acting secretary of defense under former President Donald Trump, blamed him for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in a new interview.
“Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the president’s speech?” Miller said during an interview with Vice on Showtime, which will air in full on March 14. “I think it’s pretty much definitive that wouldn’t have happened.”
Shortly before Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, the president told the crowd of his “Save America Rally” that the 2020 election was “a criminal enterprise,” and encouraged them to “fight like hell.”
“If you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore,” he said hours before members of that same crowd burst through the doors of Congress in an attempt to stop lawmakers from certifying the results.
Miller noted that although he does not know if Trump knew his speech would invoke such a drastic response, there would not have been an attack without him.
“It seems cause-and-effect,” Miller said of Trump’s speech, later adding, “The question is, did he know he was enraging people to do that? I don’t know.”
Miller was named acting secretary of defense in November 2020, after Trump fired Mark Esper. Miller received backlash on Jan. 6 for his response to the Capitol attack, as many faulted his department for taking too long to deploy the National Guard.
“It comes back to understanding how the military works — this isn’t a video game, it’s not Black Ops Call of Duty,” Miller said, defending his part in the response, before revealing that he never spoke to Trump on Jan. 6.
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Just another swamp rat
Another disgrace to the uniform.
This is PYSOPS FOLKS! We are in an unconventional war here!
Are all people in government as stupid and illogical as this moron?
Uh, yeah.....more than we like to think
That’s like saying the Bank Robber wouldn’t have robbed the bank if the bank wasn’t there.
Miller is compromised in the same way SC Judge Roberts, AG William P Barr, most of the FBI and CIA are.
Someone has the pictures of them with youngsters and/or oldsters with male appendages in their mouths.
Hmmmm.
Pence is another compromised figure.
He was told to ignore doing the right thing in the Electoral Vote “comedy, nightmare. Pence, pretending to be a “goody two shoes,” never liked his President and can be seen, in many pictures, staring at President Trump with a glare of hatred in his eyes. He is a suspected child molester. “Goody two shoes?” Nope.
Oh...you of course going into a den of vipers would know way ahead of selecting EVERYONE in a very short time who would be perfect for so many positions...
I’m sure Trump would take your advise and work on this obvious failing he has. Why don’t you go down to see him and offer your advice on hiring people.
AND yes i know you were just offering an observation ....right.
I’m bookmarking your post. A great post.
If only Gen. Flynn and Patrick Byrne had been allowed to speak as they were initially scheduled to ...
You said more than that - you said he was *still* in charge of the Defense Department and overseeing the non-existent martial law operation.
Why didn't you just continue with your spin that this sort of thing is all "misdirection"?
Nobody’s perfect. 😅
It is pretty sad when one comes to realize that our modern military is led by a multitude of traitors to the Republic. It reminds me of the music from the show “Evil Lives Here” when the person first realizes the True Evil behind the character of their family member.
Ooh! Its another big conspiracy for a concern troll to be well concerned about. 😆
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