Originally Posted by Matter-eater Man
Trump watched his people beat on law enforcement and break into the Capitol and waited hours to ask them to leave. He sent some mild texts as his people used various weapons to beat on law enforcement. Useless texts from an unfit commander in chief watching his people.

I don't see any facts to back that up.

Trump NEVER incited violence, he ALWAYS instructed peaceful and lawful protest and respect for law enforcement. He even ordered up to 20,000 National Guard in advance of January 6th to insure no rioting, that DC mayor Muriel Bowser (in writing) , Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi obstructed from being deployed to protect the Capiol. AND THEN, ironically, BLAMED TRUMP for what THEY obstructed. .
And at every stage, all day, Trump instructed his supporters on Jan 6th to be peaceful.

When it was confirmed there was a breach of the Capitol building around 2:45 PM, confirmed 30 minutes to an hour after that, Trump composed a video and downloaded it on social media around 4:20 PM, instructing all his supporters to go home.
Which to the astonishment of Capitol police there, his supporters immediately did. Faster than even the police who handle crowds in Washington Square every day could have imagined. That immediate departure and obedience is NOT the action of "insurrectionists", but of people who are naturally law-abiding and love their country, even amid an election that was stolen.

It was only later, in the weeks and months AFTER January 6th, that we could see many of the faces posted on FBI's website were quietly taken down and never arrested, never identified.
Because they were their own undercover federal agents, DISGUISED AS Trump supporters.
Many of whom were the actual perpetrators of violence and vandalism, NOT the actual Trump supporters.
Ray Epps, for example. And many others that FBI did a better job of hiding their identities and protecting them from arrest and prosecution, their own agents, there to frame Trump supporters. . The ones who did the actual violence.
And to the FBI's disappointment, actual Trump supporters, with few exceptions, did not take the bait and follow them into violence.
Even the Oath Keepers convicted were led into it by undercover FBI agents, one undercover agent shared a hotel room the night before with the head of Oath Keepers, who gave the leader a plan for attack, and therefore led them to do things they would never have imagined or done on their own.
Following an FBI-delivered riot plan, so a Democrat-scheming FBI could frame Trump supporters as "violent insurrectionists."

A joint venture, by George Orwell's FBI, hand-in-glove with George Orwell's liberal media, and George Orwell's Democrat party.