Chapter 109: Fight Like Hell

404      “Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump! Fight for Trump!” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2021, video, www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 4:19-4:29.

404      Biden had defeated Trump “Presidential Election Results 2020: Biden Wins,” New York Times, accessed April 25, 2020,www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html. 

404      spread doubts about the integrity of American elections David Siders, “‘Rigged Election’ Goes from Trump Complaint to Campaign Strategy,” Politico, July 31, 2020, www.politico.com/news/2020/07/31/trump-rigged-election-campaign-strategy-388884; and Amanda Seitz et al., “Trump and Allies Spread Falsehoods to Cast Doubts on Election,” Associated Press (AP) News, November 4, 2020, apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-wisconsin-misinformation-013e89a828a01668ba3da6a2f6f91ca9. 

404      that the election had been stolen from him Seitz et al., “Trump Allies Spread Falsehoods to Cast Doubts on Election,” apnews.com/article/election-2020-joe-biden-donald-trump-wisconsin-misinformation-013e89a828a01668ba3da6a2f6f91ca9; and “Compiling the Truth: A Resource to Refute the ‘Stolen Election’ Lies,” Campaign Legal Center, September 24, 2021, campaignlegal.org/update/compiling-truth-resource-refute-stolen-election-lies. 

404      stole millions of dollars from his supporters Sarah Hansen, “Trump Campaign Paid $3.5 Million to Stop The Steal Organizers, Report Finds,” Forbes, June 29, 2021, www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhansen/2021/02/10/trump-campaign-paid-35-million-to-stop-the-steal-organizers-report-finds/; and Shane Goldmacher and Rachel Shorey, “Trump’s Sleight of Hand: Shouting Fraud, Pocketing Donor’s Cash for Future,” New York Times, February 1, 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/02/01/us/politics/trump-cash.html.   

404      “stop the steal” A phrase and hashtag used by Trump and supporters to deny the legitimacy of the 2020 election. See “Compiling the Truth: A Resource to Refute the ‘Stolen Election’ Lies,” campaignlegal.org/update/compiling-truth-resource-refute-stolen-election-lies.   

404      charged . . . with permitting “illegal” voters . . .Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Detroit Donald J Trump, “This may be the most important speech I’ve ever made....” YouTube, December 2, 2020, youtu.be/720O_yBLrTs?si=C0hqUeh9LMmB4KqM, 2:51–3:05; Alana Wise, “Fact Check: Trump Falsely Claims Widespread Fraud In Latest Election Speech,” NPR, November 5, 2020, www.npr.org/2020/11/05/931930379/fact-check-trump-falsely-claims-widespread-fraud-in-latest-election-speech; and Juana Summers, “Trump Push to Invalidate Voters in Heavily Black Cities Alarms Civil Rights Groups,” All Things Considered, NPR, November 24, 2020, www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938187233/trump-push-to-invalidate-votes-in-heavily-black-cities-alarms-civil-rights-group.   

404      largely White districts . . . for Trump “Trump garnered the support of 65% of rural voters, including 71% of White rural voters; the latter represented an increase over the 62% he received among this group in 2016.” Ruth Igielnik et al., “Behind Biden’s 2020 Victory,” Pew Research Center, June 30, 2021, www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/.

404      conspiracy theories about ballot stuffing Abril Mulato and Ali Swenson, “Ballot-Stuffing Video Was Shot in Russia, Not Michigan,” Associated Press (AP) News, November 5, 2020, apnews.com/article/fact-checking-9673760741.   

404      dead voters Accusations of dead voters occurred in Arizona, Michigan, and other states. See Jonathan J. Cooper, “Arizona Official Refutes Review That Counted 282 Dead Voters,” AP News, August 1, 2022, apnews.com/article/elections-arizona-donald-trump-phoenix-government-and-politics-e11fb4726ee010e4d031a63acff939cd; Jack Goodman et al., “U.S. Election 2020: The ‘Dead Voters’ in Michigan Who Are Still Alive,” BBC News, November 13, 2020, www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54874120; and Amy Gardner and Paulina Firozi, “Here’s the Full Transcript and Audio of the Call between Trump and Raffensperger,” Washington Post, January 5, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-raffensperger-call-transcript-georgia-vote/2021/01/03/2768e0cc-4ddd-11eb-83e3-322644d82356_story.html. 

404      immigrant voters Trump made this claim at political rallies among other places. See Bloomberg News, “Live: Trump Stumps for Georgia Republicans David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler Ahead of State Runoff,” YouTube, January 4, 2021, 2:46:50–2:46:55, www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HisWmJJ3oE; and Walter Olson, “Shedding Light on the Incidence of Illegal Noncitizen Voting,” Cato Institute, May 22, 2024, www.cato.org/blog/shedding-light-incidence-illegal-noncitizen-voting. 

404      voting machines . . . in Biden’s favor Emma Brown, et al., “Trump-Allied Lawyers Pursued Voting Machine Data in Multiple States, Records Reveal,” Washington Post, August 15, 2022, www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/08/15/sidney-powell-coffee-county-sullivan-strickler/. 

404      replayed . . . about his election being stolen Concha Pérez-Curiel et al., “Impact of Trump’s Digital Rhetoric on the US Elections: A View from Worldwide Far-Right Populism,” Social Sciences 10, no. 5 (2021), www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/5/152. 

404–405  repeated the disinformation Abby Livingston and Shawn Mulcahy, “As States Count Votes, Some of Texas’ Most Prominent Republican Politicians Are Spreading Misinformation About the Election,” Texas Tribune, November 6, 2020, www.texastribune.org/2020/11/06/texas-republicans-trump-results/; and Karen Yourish, et al., “Over 370 Republican Candidates Have Cast Doubt on the 2020 Election,” New York Times, October 13, 2022, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/13/us/politics/republican-candidates-2020-election-misinformation.html. 

404–405  refused to acknowledge Steve Scalise, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and other Republicans refused to admit that Trump had lost the election. See Rhian Lubin, “Republicans Still Can’t Say ‘Trump Lost the 2020 Election,’” The Independent, October 6, 2024, www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/republicans-refuse-donald-trump-lost-2020-election-b2624708.html; Martin Pengelly, “Republican Leader Steve Scalise Refuses to Admit Trump Lost Election to Biden,” The Guardian, February 21, 2021, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/21/steve-scalise-trump-biden-election-abc-jonathan-karl; and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Twitter, December 26, 2020, 11:08 a.m., x.com/mtgreenee/status/1342864836003311616, archived at archive.today, February 9, 2026 capture, archive.ph/wip/uVhE2.

405      brought dozens . . . all of which were thrown out There were more than 60 court cases in which Republicans alleged election fraud and lost. These include Trump v. Biden (Wisconsin), King v. Whitmer (Michigan), Ward v. Jackson (Arizona) and many others. See “Results of Lawsuits Regarding the 2020 Elections,” Campaign Legal Center, September 24, 2021, campaignlegal.org/results-lawsuits-regarding-2020-elections. 

405      organized false slates of electors Gabriella Cantor and Sara Wiatrak, “The Cases Against Fake Electors and Where They Stand,” Citizens for Ethics, July 9, 2024, www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-cases-against-fake-electors-and-where-they-stand/.       

405      published a blog post Joe Biggs, “The Second Civil War Is More Realistic Than You Think,” The Biggs Report, November 10, 2020.

405      leader of the Proud Boys “Jan. 6: Proud Boys Lieutenant Joe Biggs, Who Warned of ‘Second Civil War,’ Sentenced to 17 Years,” Democracy Now!, September 1, 2023, www.democracynow.org/2023/9/1/proud_boys_leaders_january_6th_sentencing. 

405      “Buy ammo, clean your guns . . .” Biggs, “The Second Civil War Is More Realistic Than You Think.” 

405      “impossible” . . . “have lost the 2020 Election . . .” Donald J. Trump, Twitter, December 19, 2020, 1:42 a.m., x.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1340185773220515840, archived at archive.today, November 8, 2024 capture, archive.ph/ZD1KI.

405      established the “Ministry of Self-Defense” Alan Feuer, “Proud Boys Ignored Orders Given at Pre-Jan. 6 Meeting,” New York Times, June 26, 2022, www.nytimes.com/2022/06/26/us/politics/proud-boys-jan-6.html. 

405      “stand back and stand by” C-SPAN, “First 2020 Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden,” YouTube, September 29, 2020, www.youtube.com/live/wW1lY5jFNcQ?si=99-Zco7OizWYh2DK, 1:33:40–1:33:43.

405      “Many of you have traveled from . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 6:46–6:54.         

405      “We love Trump! We love Trump!” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 7:00–7:19. 

405      “We’re gathered together . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 8:45–8:55.

405      “But this year, using the pretext . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 12:00–12:13.

405      blaming . . . for the pandemic Melanie Hart and Michael Fuchs, “Trump’s Coronavirus Survival Strategy: Blame China,” Center for American Progress, April 14, 2020, www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-coronavirus-survival-strategy-blame-china/. 

405–406  “China virus” and “kung flu” Colby Itkowitz, “Trump Again Uses Racially Insensitive Term to Describe Coronavirus,” Washington Post, June 23, 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-again-uses-kung-flu-to-describe-coronavirus/2020/06/23/0ab5a8d8-b5a9-11ea-aca5-ebb63d27e1ff_story.html; and Mishal Reja, “Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Helped Lead to Rise in Racist Anti-Asian Twitter Content: Study,” ABC News, March 18, 2021, abcnews.go.com/Health/trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-helped-lead-rise-racist/story?id=76530148; Alana Wise, “White House Defends Trump’s Use of Racist Term to Describe Coronavirus,” NPR, June 22, 2020, www.npr.org/2020/06/22/881810671/white-house-defends-trumps-use-of-racist-term-to-describe-coronavirus. 

405–406  the more . . . blamed Asians and Asian Americans Reja, “Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Helped Lead to Rise in Racist Anti-Asian Twitter Content: Study,” abcnews.go.com/Health/trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-helped-lead-rise-racist/story?id=76530148; and Yulin Hswen, “Online Hate: The New Virus,” American Journal of Public Health, 112, no. 4 (April 2022), pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8961821/pdf/AJPH.2022.306754.pdf, 545–546.

406      to terrorize Asian Americans Reja, “Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Helped Lead to Rise in Racist Anti-Asian Twitter Content: Study,” abcnews.go.com/Health/trumps-chinese-virus-tweet-helped-lead-rise-racist/story?id=76530148; and Hswen, “Online Hate: The New Virus,” pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8961821/pdf/AJPH.2022.306754.pdf, 545–546.

406      decreased . . . leaped by 149 percent in major cities “Fact Sheet: Anti-Asian Prejudice March 2020 – Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism,” Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, CSUSB, accessed via Wayback Machine, March 2, 2021 capture, web.archive.org/web/20210302205640/www.csusb.edu/sites/default/files/FACT%20SHEET-%20Anti-Asian%20Hate%202020%203.2.21.pdf, 1; and Kimmy Yan, “Anti-Asian hate crimes increased by nearly 150% in 2020, mostly in N.Y. and L.A., new report says,” NBC News, March 9, 2021, www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/anti-asian-hate-crimes-increased-nearly-150-2020-mostly-n-n1260264. 

406      did not ebb in 2021 Neil G. Ruiz et al., “Discrimination Experiences Shape Most Asian Americans’ Lives,” Pew Research Center, November 30, 2023, www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2023/11/RE_2023.11.30_Asian-American-Discrimination_Report.pdf, 62.

406      One of the deadliest attacks “8 Dead in Atlanta Spa Shootings, With Fears of Anti-Asian Bias,” New York Times, March 17, 2021, www.nytimes.com/live/2021/03/17/us/shooting-atlanta-acworth. 

406      purchased a 9mm handgun and ammunition Jon Shirek, “Trump’s ‘Chinese Virus’ Tweet Helped Lead to Rise in Racist Anti-Asian Twitter Content: Study,” 11Alive (WXIA-TV), March 16, 2022, www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff.   

406      purchased a bottle of bourbon in Cherokee County Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff.   

406      drove to Young’s Asian Massage . . . chugging Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff; and Tim Craig et al., “A Nationwide Horror: Witnesses, Police Paint a Picture of a Murderous Rampage That Took 8 Lives,” Washington Post, March 18, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-happened-atlanta-shooting/2021/03/18/163e4de8-8733-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html.   

406      “eliminate” the “temptation” Capt. Jay Baker of the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office communicating Long’s motives, quoted in Eliott C. McLaughlin et al., “What We Know About Robert Aaron Long, the Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings,” CNN, March 18, 2021, www.cnn.com/2021/03/17/us/robert-aaron-long-suspected-shooter/index.html. 

406      alleged sex workers Per NPR, “Although authorities have not said whether sex work occurred at the businesses, the spas he targeted were reported sites of law enforcement prostitution stings and reviewed online as places where sex work occurred.” Emma Bowman, “Atlanta Killings: Sex Worker Advocate Sees Deadly Consequences of Overlapping Hatreds,” NPR, March 21, 2021, www.npr.org/2021/03/21/979811779/atlanta-killings-sex-worker-advocate-sees-deadly-consequences-of-overlapping-hat. 

406      a murderous f of East Asian women See Khanh Doan, “War and Sex Work: The Atlanta Spa Shootings, an Extension of White Sexual Imperialism,” Columbia Political Review, September 20, 2022, www.cpreview.org/articles/2022/9/war-and-sex-work-the-atlanta-spa-shootings-an-extension-of-white-sexual-imperialism. 

406      sat . . . for about an hour  Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff. 

406      entered the massage parlor in the late afternoon Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff; and Ramon Padilla et al., “Visual Timeline: What Happened at Atlanta Spa Shootings,” USA Today, March 17, 2021, updated March 19, 2021, www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2021/03/17/graphics-atlanta-spa-shootings-robert-long/4731540001/. 

406      about half an hour after . . . used the slur “China virus” Trump used this slur around 4:14 p.m.. “Fox News Primetime,” Fox News, March 16, 2021, archive.org/details/FOXNEWSW_20210316_230000_FOX_News_Primetime/start/780/end/840, 0:45–0:51. Long entered Young’s Asian Massage at 4:50 p.m. Elyse Samuels et al., “Surveillance Video Shows Atlanta Suspect Entered First Spa More Than an Hour Before Shooting,” Washington Post, March 19, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2021/03/19/surveillance-video-atlanta-shooting. 

406      paid for a massage Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff.

406      retired to a bathroom Minyvonne Burke, “Atlanta-Area Spa Shooter to Serve 4 Life Sentences in Cherokee County Slayings,” NBC News, July 27, 2021, www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/atlanta-area-spa-shootings-suspect-pleads-guilty-cherokee-county-charges-n1275139. 

406      pulled out his handgun . . . started shooting Shirek, “Where Does the Case Stand for Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings? One Year Later,” www.11alive.com/article/news/crime/atlanta-spa-shootings-one-year-later/85-3e411107-d07f-40a6-b98b-28f44bf13eff; and Burke, “Atlanta-Area Spa Shooter to Serve 4 Life Sentences in Cherokee County Slayings,” www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/atlanta-area-spa-shootings-suspect-pleads-guilty-cherokee-county-charges-n1275139. 

406      drove about thirty miles “Leaders Mark 2-Year Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings with Series of Events,” Fox 5 Atlanta, March 16, 2023, www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-spa-shootings-two-year-anniversary-events. 

406      opened fire again “Leaders Mark 2-Year Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings with Series of Events,” www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-spa-shootings-two-year-anniversary-events.   

406      hurried . . . at Aromatherapy Spa “Leaders Mark 2-Year Anniversary of Atlanta Spa Shootings with Series of Events,” www.fox5atlanta.com/news/atlanta-spa-shootings-two-year-anniversary-events. 

406      murdered four Korean American women . . . Janice Yu, “One Year After the Atlanta Spa Shootings, We Can’t Forget the Victims’ Names,” Washington Post, March 16, 2022, www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/03/16/janice-yu-atlanta-spa-victims-reflections/; and Regina Kim, “Atlanta Spa Shootings: What Korean-Language Media Told Us That the Mainstream Media Didn’t,” Rolling Stone, March 31, 2021, www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/atlanta-shootings-what-korean-language-media-told-us-that-the-mainstream-media-didnt-1149698.   

406      two Chinese American women . . . Juliana Kim et al., “‘All I Can Think About Is Her’: Families Grieve for Victims of Atlanta Attacks,” New York Times, March 19, 2021,  www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/atlanta-shooting-victims-spa.html; and Yu, “One Year After the Atlanta Spa Shootings, We Can’t Forget the Victims’ Names,” www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/03/16/janice-yu-atlanta-spa-victims-reflections/.

406      Two White Americans . . . Giulia McDonnell Nieto del Rio et al., “What We Know About the Victims in the Atlanta Shootings,” New York Times, March 19, 2021, last updated May 11, 2021, www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/atlanta-shooting-victims.html; Jewel Wicker and Victoria Bekiempis, “Paul Andre Michels: 'very good-hearted' handyman killed in Atlanta shootings,” The Guardian, March 18, 2021, www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/18/paul-andre-michels-atlanta-spa-shootings; and Charles Bethea, “Mario González Still Wants to Know Why the Police Held Him After the Atlanta Shooting,” New Yorker, March 29, 2021, ]www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/mario-gonzalez-still-wants-to-know-why-the-police-held-him-after-the-atlanta-shooting. 

406      arrested Long later that evening Craig et al., “A Nationwide Horror: Witnesses, Police Paint a Picture of a Murderous Rampage That Took 8 Lives,” Washington Post, March 18, 2021, www.washingtonpost.com/national/what-happened-atlanta-shooting/2021/03/18/163e4de8-8733-11eb-8a8b-5cf82c3dffe4_story.html. 

406      confessed . . . “not racially motivated” On March 17, 2021, police captain Jay Baker said during the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office press conference that Robert M. Long told the police that the shootings were “not racially motivated.” McLaughlin et al., “What We Know About Robert Aaron Long, the Suspect in Atlanta Spa Shootings,” www.nytimes.com/2021/03/19/us/atlanta-shooting-victims.html. 

407      “Our election was over at ten o’clock . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 12:18–12:22.

407      “We are leading Pennsylvania, Michigan . . .” in “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 12:22–12:44.

407      “Bullshit! Bullshit! Bullshit!” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 12:44–12:50.

407      “Stop the steal! Stop the steal! Stop the steal!” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 12:44–12:50.

407      gathered for a joint session U.S. Congress, Congressional Record, Daily Edition, Vol. 167, No. 4, 117^th Congress, 1st sess. (January 6, 2021), www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-167/issue-4/house-section/article/H76-4. 

407      ordered . . . and block the certification of Biden’s victory “Trump's Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 13:00–15:00.

407      “Now, it is up to Congress . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 14:55–14:58.

407      “And after this, we’re going to walk down . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 14:58–15:06.

407      “walk down to the Capitol” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 15:09–15:12.

407      “cheer on our brave senators and congress-men and -women” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 15:15–15:20.

407      “we’re probably not going to be cheering so much . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 15:21–15:25.

407      “Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 15:27–15:32.

407      “You have to show strength and you have to be strong” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 15:31–15:34.

407      “stand strong for our country” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030,16:07–16:08.

407      “our country has been under siege for a long time” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 16:10–16:13.

407      “We’ve set it on a much straighter course” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 16:16–16:19.

407      “fake election” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 27:35–27:36.

407      “And we fight. We fight like hell . . .” “Trump’s Full Speech at D.C. Rally on Jan. 6,” www.wsj.com/video/trump-full-speech-at-dc-rally-on-jan-6/E4E7BBBF-23B1-4401-ADCE-7D4432D07030, 1:09:34–1:09:41.

407–408  already at the Capitol Mike Wendling, “January 6th Capitol Riot: Who Are the Oath Keepers and Why Are They on Trial?” BBC News, September 27, 2022,  www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-63013702. 

408      knocked over the fences . . . retreated closer to the building See U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, Final Report of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol, 117th Cong., 2nd sess., House Report No. 117–663 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Publishing Office, 2022), www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/pdf/GPO-J6-REPORT.pdf, 637–669.

408      “war council” had met at the Trump International Hotel Seth Abramson, “January 5 War Council at Trump International May Have Had More Attendees Than Previously Known,” Proof, January 29, 2021, sethabramson.substack.com/p/january-5-war-council-at-trump-international. 

408      Trump’s sons were present Abramson, “January 5 War Council at Trump International May Have Had More Attendees Than Previously Known,” sethabramson.substack.com/p/january-5-war-council-at-trump-international. 

408      Rudy Giuliani, and . . . Michael Flynn Abramson, “January 5 War Council at Trump International May Have Had More Attendees Than Previously Known,” sethabramson.substack.com/p/january-5-war-council-at-trump-international.