He's among the many Trump supporters who reject the widespread accusations that the president bears some of the responsibility for inciting the violence. They're just criminal trash that lie about everything. "But on the other hand, I'm tired of being bullied by the scum in D.C. "It's hard to see it happening," King concedes. Gabriel King, a Trump supporter who installs floors in Colorado Springs, also hopes the siege of the Capitol building will serve as a wake-up call to Congress. Look at it as him being the person who is vocalizing our frustrations and concerns." "Donald Trump is just the mouthpiece for what we are feeling. "I think the elected officials need to stop minimizing the concerns of the millions of people who voted for Donald Trump," he said. But, he warns, lawmakers who dismiss Trump's supporters do so at their own peril. Stroehmann concedes the violence likely harmed their cause. As the crowd got increasingly agitated, he said, "People's pent up frustrations were starting to pour out." "I don't feel like I was doing anything wrong," he added. "There I was going to a different level of protest" he said. His intention, he said, was to march peacefully.īut once there, when listening to Trump in the morning, and later, surrounded by the angry mob, Stroehmann said he was surprised to find that he, too, was feeling his own rage boiling over. He travelled from rural central Pennsylvania to Washington and participated in the protests. Manson credits Trump for eventually tweeting that people should leave the Capitol and go home, though Costello is quick to concede that Trump's tweets and video message after his speech to the crowd on Wednesday were also egging rioters on.īiden Transition Updates Biden Says Capitol Attack Was 'Culmination' Of Trump's Assaults On DemocracyĪnother Trump supporter, Jeffrey Stroehmann, also believes Trump's unfounded portrayal of an election rife with corruption, even though courts, state election officials and many leading Republicans have rejected those claims. "It's like making Trump look like a bad person, and he's really not. "They should have never done that," Manson said. "I have a lot of respect for Trump, and I always will."īut the Trump supporters who broke into and ransacked the Capitol building, they say, are a different story. "We have some Trump flags here, too, but I can't pull it out because it has some swears on it," Manson said with a chuckle. They're still proud Trump supporters, with a Trump hat, Trump face mask and Trump stickers on their truck. Insurrection At The Capitol: Live Updates Pelosi, Schumer Join Chorus Of Calls For Invocation Of 25th Amendment Against Trumpĭylan Costello, 25, and Bobby Manson, 28, both construction workers from Quincy, Mass., see it differently.
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