He stopped long enough to troll a few reporters:
The president said he wants “no violence.”
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Stopping to talk to reporters on the White House lawn
before he left for Texas to inspect the border wall, Trump told reporters the House push to impeach him was “absolutely ridiculous” and causing him “tremendous anger.”
It’s "a continuation of the greatest witch hunt in the history of politics,” the president said, before reiterating he wants “no violence.”
House Democrats—joined by
around 10-20 Republicans—are preparing to impeach the president on Wednesday for his role in inciting a riot that
breached the Capitol last week.
Trump, who
instructed supporters to “show strength” and march down to the Capitol so they can “take back our country” before the rally devolved into a riot, brushed aside claims he had role to play, calling his comments “totally appropriate.”
CRUCIAL QUOTE
“We’re going to walk down to the Capitol, and we’re going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women, and we’re probably not going to be cheering so much for some of them, because you’ll never take back our country with weakness,” Trump said during his “Save America March” speech last Wednesday, which was laden with aggressive calls to action. “You have to show strength, and you have to be strong.” The president only tacitly encouraged his supporters to be peaceful, at one point saying, “I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”
SURPRISING FACT
Trump did not alert officials in Alamo, Texas he would travel to the city on Tuesday, city officials said in a statement.