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Trump’s History of Inciting Violence

The president now says that he abhors mob violence. That's not what he's been saying for the last four years.
January 17, 2021
Trump’s History of Inciting Violence

Last week Donald Trump released a short video claiming that “mob violence goes against everything I believe in.” That was an extraordinary claim because it runs counter to what he has been saying for the last four years. But reading the transcripts of his previous incitements doesn’t really do them justice. You have to hear him and see him doing it.

Barry Rubin

Barry Rubin is a senior video editor at The Bulwark.