... the exhausting distortion of Trump’s actions, as if he didn’t in fact do what we all saw with our own eyes: lie nonstop about the results of & integrity of the 2020 election; engineer a scheme to create fake slates of electors in several states; push state election officials to falsely “find” votes for him; stoke the “Stop the Steal” movement that even Trump’s fellow Republicans warned would end in violence; attempt to replace the leadership of the DOJ so the department would back up his election lies; summon his followers to come to Washington on the day Congress was to formally count the electoral votes; and exhort the crowd on January 6th—resulting in the bloody assault on the U.S. Capitol, with legislators and staffers running for their lives, gallows built outside, threats to the lives of Vice President Mike Pence and various lawmakers, and law enforcement officers slipping in blood, with multiple deaths and injuries, some severe. — Kim Wehle #quotes #quote #Trump #TrumpCrimes