I saw that last night too, I'm pretty sure he said "If they were chanting 'Hang Pence'" and "If the people behind her had guns" then he would say it was justified.
I'm not sure I agree, I certainly didn't hear any threats in the video, and I didn't see any Trump supporters with guns near her when she was shot. I'm also not sure there was an imminent threat to life. They really couldn't have retreated? There was no way out? No warning shot? No verbal warning?
It'll be interesting to see how the wrongful death investigation goes, sadly I suspect it's just for show.
After I watched the video of the beating death of the police officer at the hands of the Capitol protesters, the later shooting of the first protester through the window looks justified to me. Or at least that should be our default assumption.
Exact text of his tweet. Followed by this one:
Trump inadvertently created an off-ramp for his supporters who have been criticized for four years for supporting him "even if he shot someone on 5th Avenue." The critics were clearly wrong about some of us. Trump had some great accomplishments, but it's time to wrap this up.
I saw that last night too, I'm pretty sure he said "If they were chanting 'Hang Pence'" and "If the people behind her had guns" then he would say it was justified.
I'm not sure I agree, I certainly didn't hear any threats in the video, and I didn't see any Trump supporters with guns near her when she was shot. I'm also not sure there was an imminent threat to life. They really couldn't have retreated? There was no way out? No warning shot? No verbal warning?
It'll be interesting to see how the wrongful death investigation goes, sadly I suspect it's just for show.
Exact text of his tweet. Followed by this one:
Wow such a le based trump supporter
he went into more depth in his periscope.
what do you expect from twitter, nuanced takes?