New Delhi:
President Donald Trump, his daughter Ivanka, son Don Jr. and other people can be observed at an occasion exactly where a lot of are partying and dancing to pop songs just hours prior to a shocked planet watched pro-Trump supporters lay siege to the US Capitol – scaling walls, smashing windows and desecrating offices of American lawmakers.
It is unclear if the video, which was filmed by Don Jr. on his mobile telephone, was shot prior to or just after Trump’s speech on Wednesday, in which the President – who has repeatedly, and devoid of proof, attacked the outcome of November’s election – named on his supporters to “fight much harder” and “walk down to the Capitol… because you will never take back our country with weakness.”
Hours later a crazed mob attacked the Capitol, exactly where Congress was meeting to certify president-elect Joseph R Biden’s huge win Biden secured more than seven million votes more than Trump.
The video starts with Don Jr. thanking “awesome patriots (who are) sick of the bullshit”. Ivanka also named them “patriots” in a tweet posted after violence broke out, but deleted it just after backlash.
Don Jr. then urges his father’s supporters to “fight” prior to panning the telephone to show Donald and Ivanka Trump speaking to senior White House figures as a number of Television screens show news footage of their supporters marching on the Capitol.
Others in the video can be observed laughing and dancing as a pop song plays loudly in the background.
The president and his co-conspirators watched, cheered and danced… as the violence they incited was about to go down. This requirements to be way more viral. pic.twitter.com/SOrJmBbLKD
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) January 7, 2021
The video has been extensively shared on the net, with a number of men and women pointing out it appeared as if the Trumps and their entourage had an concept of the carnage that would unfold more than the subsequent couple of hours. There had been renewed calls for Trump to step down and other people demanding his household and he be “arrested now”.
“The Trumps threw an Insurrection Party and even did a countdown to the invasion of the Capitol while playing ‘GLORIA’… shows design and planning,” 1 user wrote.
this is beyond sickening…most men and women had been watching with sadness, tears and worry – these traitors to America had been laughing, dancing, smiling.
— victoriaongie???? #BlackLivesMatter ???????? (@thevongie) January 7, 2021
This video is what I imagined was taking place in the enemy states of the U.S. as I watched this horror play out.
Not in the White House, by the present president and his household, on U.S. soil.
There can be no clearer act of treason. Period.
— Mike Belobradic (@MikeBelobradic) January 8, 2021
Our tax dollars paid for this watch party and encouragement video. While we watched in horror, they had been enjoying the view. This is is not fiddling even though Rome burns, this is cheerleading…
— Rebe+lovesNYC (@SanityorVanity) January 7, 2021
Unfortunately, a lot of appear at this and say “well it was before the violence started so it doesn’t count” or some bullshit like that. They cheered this on. They wanted this. Storming the capitol was the least the could have occurred. And 5 men and women are dead.
— Maya Rodriguez Sorensen (@m49erfan) January 8, 2021
Laura Brannigan, who sang the original song, also tweeted, saying Trump (who has generally applied well-liked songs in his campaigns devoid of acquiring important permission) had no ideal to play the song.
No permission to use “Gloria,” nor endorsement of him, previous or present, was granted to Pres. Trump on behalf of Laura or her legacy management business, & we strongly & vehemently DO NOT condone yesterday’s events at the Capitol.+~Kathy Golik, Legacy Manager#LauraBranigan#Gloria
— Laura Branigan (@laurabranigan) January 7, 2021
In the early hours of Thursday morning (India time) visuals emerging from the Capitol resembled something from a coup d’état or terrorist attack.
A mob, some in costumes and a lot of waving flags – American and the Confederate – and wearing Trump’s signature red campaign caps, stormed into the constructing and created it into the House and Congress chambers, exactly where lawmakers had been debating challenges to Biden’s victory.
At least 5 men and women, like a police officer, died since of the violence and more than 50 have been arrested. Authorities fired tear gas and fired guns inside the Capitol to disperse the rioters.
After a number of hours of mayhem, Trump issued a quick video on Twitter telling men and women to “go home.” But there was no indication of regret, considerably much less condemnation of the violence.
President-elect Biden issued a statement also, in which he accused the outgoing Republican leader of an “all-out assault on the institutions of our democracy”.
Since then calls have grown for Trump to be impeached (for the second time) or be removed below the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, which would see him declared unfit to remain in workplace.
Friday evening Trump tweeted to say he would not be attending Biden’s inauguration.
With input from AFP, Reuters