Ryan Pickrell
Mar. 11, 2021
The man who was leading the Pentagon on Jan. 6 says that rioters would not have stormed the Capitol if it hadn't been for President Donald Trump's speech beforehand.
Asked if he thought Trump was responsible for what unfolded at the Capitol, then-Acting Secretary of Defense Chris Miller told Vice News that the situation appears to be "cause and effect."
"Would anybody have marched on the Capitol, and tried to overrun the Capitol, without the president's speech? I think it's pretty much definitive that wouldn't have happened."
Shortly before a pro-Trump mob descended on the Capitol complex, Trump spread falsehoods about the 2020 presidential election and told a large crowd of his supporters that "if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore."
Trump encouraged the crowd to march over to the Capitol make their voices heard, telling them that they have to be strong because "you'll never take back our country with weakness."
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