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When in fact the speakers at the rally enraged the audience and then told them to go to the Capitol. Per the WaPo timeline, the protestors were already outside
by forgingahead 5y ago
When in fact the speakers at the rally enraged the audience and then told them to go to the Capitol.
Per the WaPo timeline, the protestors were already outside the Capitol at 12.40pm, whereas the speech didn't finish until 1.11pm. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/capitol-insurrection-visual-timeline/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/capit...
It's also a 35 minute walk from the Ellipse (where the speech was) to the Capitol. If you're in a crowd, that ostensibly would take longer as people move more slowly.
People were and are certainly angry, but besides the high standard of criminal conspiracy, people who were going to go to the Capitol were going to do so regardless of who or what was said at the rally.
- snowwrestler 5y agoI’m not saying the rally was the only cause, I’m saying it’s silly to phrase a description of the rally as if it were an unrelated event. It was related.