Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will symbolically conclude her presidential campaign on Tuesday by delivering her “final argument” in Washington DC from the same location where Republican Donald Trump led a mob to storm the US Capitol by claiming the election on January 6, 2021. Was incited to attack. It was stolen from him.
“We are going to the Capitol,” he instructed his supporters.
“We will not tolerate this any longer and that’s what this is all about,” Trump told the crowd. “And to use a favorite term that you all actually came up with: We will stop the steal. Today I will present some evidence proving that we won this election and we won it by a landslide. It Was not a close election” he said.
January 6, 2021 was an ordeal in which Trump was criminally charged for attempting to overturn the election results, while more than 1,500 people have been charged in connection with the Capitol siege.
“And we fight. We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you won’t have a country anymore,” Trump had exhorted his followers. This came after legal challenges failed after it was declared electoral fraud. Even though Trump’s own cabinet denied his allegations, his supporters held his views high.
He officially started the protest when he tweeted on December 19, 2020, “Big protest in DC on January 6th. Be there, gonna be wild!” He hoped that then-Vice President Mike Pence would support him and refuse to certify the election results, “Because if Mike Pence does the right thing, we win the election… He has an absolute right to do that. We We have to protect our country, support our country, support our Constitution and protect our Constitution.”
Hours after the violent “protests” escalated, Trump tweeted, “These are the things and events that happen when a sacred landslide election victory is so senselessly and viciously snatched away from those great patriots.” Who have been treated very badly and unfairly.” Treated for so long.”
Although Trump was not physically at the protest, he was watching it live on Fox News from inside the White House. In this protest started by Trump, 7 people died and 140 people were injured.
During a rally in Ohio, Trump labeled the rioters “patriots” and claimed to help them as soon as he came into office.
Choosing to end the campaign at that point is a strategic move on Harris’ part that underscores her commitment to juxtaposing her vision for America with Trump’s election lies.