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Oct 12, 2020 · US election: Donald Trump's 45 most controversial tweets. By Amy Coles, news reporter. Monday 12 October 2020 11:53, UK. Donald Trump has been an avid Twitter user since the early 2010s. Why you ...
Jan 11, 2021 · By Amy Sherman January 11, 2021. If Your Time is short. Starting in December, Trump repeatedly encouraged his supporters on Twitter to show up for a “big protest” in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6,...
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On Jan. 8, 2021, Twitter permanently suspended Trump's account following the events at the Capitol. However, both messages were still available on his Facebook page, where he eventually was suspended from posting for two years. His Facebook suspension also occurred following the Capitol riot. The bottom of the meme appeared to claim that there was ...
The first message included in the meme was posted at 2:38 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on Twitter and 2:40 p.m. on Facebook. It read, "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement. They are truly on the side of our Country. Stay peaceful!" The second message from the meme was posted minutes later at 3:13 p.m. on Twitter and 3:14 p.m. o...
More than an hour after Trump's second tweet was posted, a videoappeared on his social media accounts around 4:17 p.m. In the video, Trump repeated the baseless allegations of voter fraud and falsely claimed that his campaign had been victorious in a "landslide" victory. He told supporters, "But you have to go home now." He also spoke to the violen...
Earlier in the day, Trump had given a speech to supporters on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. According to The Associated Press, some supporters left early for the Capitol before he was finished speaking. Other supporters spent the morning "casing the entrances to the Capitol." During the speech, Trump used the word "peacefully" one time. According...
Jan 6, 2022 · By Jenni Fink. Senior Editor, Politics. Thursday marks the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, in which a mob of supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol building following a...
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Jan 18, 2021 · On 17 April, Mr Trump tweeted his support for armed anti-coronavirus lockdown protests at a number of state capitals. “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” and “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, and save...
Feb 13, 2021 · 1:51 p.m. ET, February 12, 2021. Fact check: Defense lawyer falsely claims Trump’s first two tweets during the Capitol attack urged calm. From CNN's Daniel Dale.
Jul 15, 2022 · "Be there, will be wild!" On Tuesday, the congressional select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol laid out their argument that Trump's tweet played a key role in...