Jan 6 Committee: Trump Deleted Lines Against Rioters From Speech

JUL 25 2022·Updated JUL 27 2022

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The Facts

A new video released by the House Jan. 6 committee on Mon. suggested that former Pres. Trump was hesitant to condemn the violence at the Capitol, nixing lines in a draft of the speech he gave on Jan. 7.
CNN
The video includes interviews with several of his advisers debating the speech, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
New York Post
Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House official, affirmed in testimony that the speech was planned amid fears that Trump could be ousted from office via the 25th Amendment.
wapo
Prior to revisions, Trump was expected to say he was "directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are fully prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." Another deleted section, directed to the rioters said, "I want to be very clear, you do not represent me. You do not represent our movement." None of these lines made it into the final speech that was delivered.
Independent
Ivanka Trump stated that handwritten edits seemed to be made by her father.
NBC
This comes after a hearing of the Jan. 6 panel showed Trump declining to admit he lost the election and refusing to roundly censure rioters in unedited excerpts from the video.
NPR

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The Spin

Democratic narrative

The evidence suggests Trump wanted this insurrection, and his people planned the riot. It's no coincidence that after the infamous Rose Garden video it took more than a day for him to address the nation, and he only did so because his aides were concerned his silence could provoke his impeachment.

Daily Kos

Pro-Trump narrative

The Jan. 6 Committee is trying to undermine Trump's image to benefit the corrupt establishment in the upcoming elections. Instead of focusing on tackling criminal gangs and violence in Democrat-run cities, the Biden admin. has been attacking righteous Americans for their political ideology and religion.

Daily Caller