Cipollone said he knew the tweets were not enough. Wanted a public statement. Pat Philbin, Eric Herschmann, Meadows, Ivanka, Jared, General Kellogg, Dan Scavino, all said he needed to do something more.
After 2:24 tweet Matthews told McEnany that Trump MUST tell Trump to call them off. She went to the dining room. Then told Matthews that a tweet had gone out, but McEnany said Trump did not want to talk about peace. Finally Ivanka Trump suggested "stay peaceful."
Ali Alexander told someone that was deliberate. Jessica Watkins communications about the tweet say "there's no safe place in the United States for these m*therfuckers." They recognize he didn't tell them to stand down, but to stay away from the Capitol Police. Go after Congress.
Matthews says there was a convo in the press office. A colleague said Trump shouldn't condemn the violence because it would be "handing a win to the media" if he turned against his supporters. She disagreed.
McCarthy told Trump to "call these people off." Trump said they're antifa. McCarthy said no, they're your people. Trump said: "Well, Kevin, I guess they're more concerned about the election than you are." Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) told the story.
Finally, Trump yielded. At 4:17, more than 3 hours after the Ellipse when he had sent an armed mob to the Capitol. Sent video saying they mob was special and he loved them.
Outtakes of the video: "We had an election that was stolen from us. It was a landslide election and everyone knows it." He is 100% doubling down on the Big Lie.
Meanwhile, congressional leaders continue to try to put the country's government back on track. Clip of McConnell and Schumer talking to acting Secretary of Defense Miller to clear the building and resume the proceedings.
Trump didn't call Milley but Meadows did. Meadows told Milley that "we have to kill the narrative that the vice president is making all the decisions." Need to establish the story that Trump is in charge. Milley: "I don't do political narratives."
Matthews mad that Trump pushed Big Lie in the video. Glad he told them to go home, but not happy that he said he loved them. They had tried to overturn our democracy. Refused to defend that.
Clips of Republicans condemning Trump. McConnell clip is first. (He had just voted to acquit Trump.) McCarthy also condemning Trump. Chip Roy (R-TX), too.
Trump talked to McEntee, head of personnel (a Trump loyalist). No one knew if they should resign or stay to try to hold the country stable. Worried about who would replace them.
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