Speaking to reporters before traveling to Texas, Donald Trump said he accepted no responsibility for the siege of the Capitol. Trump took it another step by saying his remarks, which were credited with inciting the mob, were “totally appropriate.”
Five people died in the takeover of the Capitol, including a police officer who was dragged and beaten to death.
The New York Times writes:
“People thought what I said was totally appropriate,” Mr. Trump told reporters at Joint Base Andrews, en route to Alamo, Texas, where he was set to visit the border wall. Instead, Mr. Trump claimed that racial justice protests over the summer were “the real problem.”
“If you look at what other people have said, politicians at a high level about the riots during the summer, the horrible riots in Portland and Seattle and various other places, that was a real problem,” he said.
Trump said the impeachment charge is causing “tremendous anger.” He added he didn’t want violence.