Daniel Dale

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here is one alleged rioter's account of attending the Trump rally at the park and then storming the Capitol, something Trump's legal team said did not happen. https://t.co/TSljz4QSoN https://t.co/Xqh1JAwyLx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: Did Trump actually win the election? Bernie Sanders asks "In my judgment, who asked that? My judgment is irrelevant," van der… — PolitiTweet.org

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Here's what Trump lawyer van der Veen said about what Trump knew about Pence's situation -- though GOP Sen. Tuberville has said he told Trump that Pence had been taken out of the Chamber. (I'd misattributed this van der Veen quote to Trump lawyer Castor.) https://t.co/HQESuLJkkE — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen says "the answer is no, at no point was the president informed that the vice president was in any danger." What Trump "did know," Castor says, "is that there was a violent riot happening at the Capitol." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer Bruce Castor says "the answer is no, at no point was the president informed that the vice president was in any danger." What Trump "did know," Castor says, "is that there was a violent riot happening at the Capitol." — PolitiTweet.org

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How much time was there? The FBI alleges that one insurrectionist attended Trump's speech, walked back to her hotel, started watching TV news, saw coverage of the Capitol being attacked, then walked to the Capitol and made it inside before getting shoved out. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Again, it's just not true that the timeline proves the Capitol insurrectionists weren't even at Trump's speech. Leaving aside the existence of smartphones, the FBI alleges that some insurrectionists went from the speech to the attack. There was more than enough time. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer Bruce Castor plays a video that 1) shows Biden accurately saying the vast majority of racial justice protests were peaceful; 2) throws in a random clip of a riot. Moments later, Castor accuses the Democrats of using "selective editing and manipulated visuals." — PolitiTweet.org

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This is one of the "fight" quotes from January 6th that the Trump legal team says is obviously inoffensive metaphorical speech if you get to see the full context. https://t.co/n5ZgbIrTxT — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's lawyer then argues that the Democrats and the media spent four years claiming "without any evidence that the 2016 election had been hacked." The Democrats' emails *were* hacked...they didn't spend years falsely claiming voting software had been hacked or something. — PolitiTweet.org

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(...and, of course, the presence of one guy who used the hashtag #antifa does not negate the presence of hundreds of vocal Trump supporters.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's lawyer dishonestly suggests riot was just extremists of "different stripes," claiming without evidence that one of the first arrestees was a "leader of antifa." (John Sullivan has an odd history and has used the #antifa hashtag, but no evidence he's some mastermind...) — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Just egregiously dishonest to suggest Trump has always just called for peace and order. We have example after example of him applauding violent behavior. — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Trump tweeted his "Mike Pence didn't have the courage" tweet at 2:24 PM. He tweeted his "stay peaceful" and "no violence" tweets at 2:38 and 3:13. Then, at 4:17, he tweeted that video that told people to go home while also saying we love them and that the election was stolen. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump's lawyer falsely says "the first two messages" Trump tweeted after the incursion on the Capitol began said "stay peaceful" and "no violence." No, the first one he tweeted said "Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country..." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer van der Ween argues that Trump devoted nearly his entire speech to arguing that the electoral count should be rejected by Congress, not that the counting session should be "prevented from conducting its business." — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump lawyer Michael van der Veen: "No thinking person could seriously believe that the president's January 6th speech on The Ellipse was in any way an incitement to violence or insurrection. The suggestion is patently absurd..." — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

@untuckarama that is an amazing story, and we completely understand! it’s such a thoroughly enjoyable song to sing. @DakGlobe — PolitiTweet.org

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I am very proud of starting a tradition that all karaokes must end with Rebecca Black’s Friday — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/MHur1yap1N — PolitiTweet.org

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@ekoreen He is getting eaten in the pick and roll — PolitiTweet.org

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I was responding to a tweet that stated the accusation as fact, without the more cautious language Castro used. (And people hearing even Castro’s language could benefit from the additional context.) — PolitiTweet.org

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This claim has not been proven. The FBI said in January that the Russia allegation came from an insurrectionist’s ex, and that it remains under investigation; nobody has been charged for such an offense. (And the accused woman claims her ex was abusive and has a grudge.) — PolitiTweet.org

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Lots of lols in here — PolitiTweet.org

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@pbump This is why I've muted "you're surprised?" "why is this surprising?" and like five other faves of Not-Surprised Twitter — PolitiTweet.org

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Here’s the White House summary of Biden’s call with Xi: https://t.co/TWEgzgNKqf — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

Here’s Biden’s public schedule for tomorrow. (Public schedules don’t include all of a president’s activities.) https://t.co/uNYFhKm8Tg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @COVID19Tracking: Our daily update is published. States reported 1.4M tests, 95k cases, 76,979 people currently hospitalized with COVID-… — PolitiTweet.org

Daniel Dale @ddale8

On a hot mic today, Shirkey repeated what he effectively said in his written statement: he isn’t taking back the substance of what he said. — PolitiTweet.org