Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 presidential elections, posted a series of tweets that eventually built up to the January 6 riots in 2021. These social media posts acted as an invitation for his supporters who converged at the US Capitol, with the aim to stop the vote certification of then-President-elect Joe Biden.
The January 6 committee is all set to examine these social media posts from the former President’s handle. Most of these posts claimed that it was “statistically impossible” for him to lose the 2020 elections.
Trump’s social media accounts were suspended after a violent mob broke into the US Capitol. Twitter, Facebook and Twitch were some of the platforms that suspended the accounts of the former President, agreeing that he “incited the violence.”
Here is a timeline of Trump’s social media posts that were connected to the Capitol riots of 2021:
December 12, 2020: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.”
December 12, 2020: “WE HAVE JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT!!!”
December 19, 2020: “A great report by Peter. Statistically impossible to have lost the 2020 Election. Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!”
December 26, 2020: “The ‘Justice’ Department and the FBI have done nothing about the 2020 Presidential Election Voter Fraud, the biggest SCAM in our nation’s history, despite overwhelming evidence. They should be ashamed. History will remember. Never give up. See everyone in D.C. on January 6th.”
December 27, 2020: “See you in Washington, DC, on January 6th. Don’t miss it. Information to follow!.”
January 1, 2021: The BIG Protest Rally in Washington, D.C., will take place at 11.00 A.M. on January 6th. Locational details to follow. StopTheSteal!
January 3, 2021: Trump retweeted Amy Kreemer, one of the organisers of the January 6 rally. The post read, “We are excited to announce the site of our January 6th event will be The Ellipse in the President’s Park, just steps from the White House!”
January 3, 2021: Trump retweeted another post that read, “If you are planning to attend peaceful protests in DC on the 6th, i recommend wearing a body camera. The more video angles of that day the better.”