Nah I don’t buy it. That’s the excuse they used to justify their rambunctious behavior, but it’s not the actual cause of it.
Here's what Jenna said:
“I don’t feel a sense of shame or guilty from my heart. I feel like I was basically following my president. I was following what we were called to do. He asked us to fly there. He asked us to be there. So I was doing what he asked us to do,”
Jenna just told you what motivated her to show up in DC and go into the Capitol. What justification do you have to ignore her own personal testimony?
No to these people carnage is fun.
I don't think Jenna thought that "carnage is fun". She's a real estate agent. I think she honestly believed that she was justified in her actions because she (falsely) believed that the election was "rigged", just like her President and many prominent Republicans have been telling (lying to) her for *months*.
They love it and look for any excuse to engage in it. I’d be willing to bet that the people who engaged in it had a previous criminal history.
Actually it's been shown that many of those who participated in the riots had no criminal history.
TBI: Capitol riot suspect had no criminal history in Tennessee | WKRN News 2
And this was the guy they filmed inside the Capitol *with* a weapon, and *with* handcuffs.
That’s why the majority of the people didn’t engage in these activities, because the majority of people have self control and are governed by an inner sense of right & wrong.
Well, sure, most of those who went to DC on the 6th to protest didn't commit violence, nor did they enter the Capitol. Something however drove *thousands* of them to riot.
You shouldn’t make excuses for people breaking the law.
I don't, not even those who *incited* the violence.
Who cares what Trump said,
I do. It's called "incitement". It's like saying I don't care that some guy lied and screamed "fire" in the crowded theater, only those who trampled other people in the theater were at fault for the aftermath. I don't buy that.
it didn’t give anyone the right to act out in violence.
It didn't give them the "right", but it did give them the *idea*, particularly when Trump called them to DC on the 6th to start with, Trump's personal lawyer is talking about "trial by combat", another of Trump's speakers at the rally is talking about "kicking ass", and Trump lied to them for *months* about a supposedly "stolen" election and lied to them for *hours* right before the riots.
Your simply blaming Trump for the actions of unstable people who had no real cause for their actions other than their own lust for violence.
No, I blame Trump because he is their *ringleader* and he repeatedly lied to them, he urged them to show up that day, and his chosen speakers (and him) were inciting violence at that rally.
Trump isn't an innocent choir boy. His name was on all those flags and hats, and his lies were constantly being repeated *by those rioters* during the invasion of the Capitol. "Stop the steal" was heard over and over again throughout the riots. That exact phase was used by Trump during the preceding rally.