Analysis: A new document released by a member of the House select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol shows edits Trump sought in his “national healing” speech.
Monday by Rep. Elaine Luria , a member of the House select committee investigating the riot, we get a hint that this was not necessarily a universal sentiment. It includes an image of a draft of the speech that Trump recorded on that day — the one where he struck a reference to the election being over,. The new image includes other omissions, like a strike-through of a line about prosecutions against the rioters.
“Good afternoon. I would like to begin today by addressing the heinous attack yesterday on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged and sickened by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders.“The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American Democracy.
“To those who engage in the acts of violence and destruction: you do not represent our country, and to those who broke the law: you will pay.
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