According to a presidential historian, Trump was enjoying the violence.
The former president was criticized for being hands-off during the attack.
The new footage showed that congressional leaders were asking for help.
According to a presidential historian, Donald Trump was enjoying the violence during the Capitol riot.
Michael Beschloss made the comments during an appearance on MSNBC. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for former Vice President Mike Pence and national security officials to help regulate the turmoil after blockbuster footage was presented to a committee.
"You've got Schumer and Speaker Pelosi begging the governors of Virginia and Maryland, it's not their jurisdiction, to send in armed forces to try to restore public safety to the United States Capitol because the President of the United States wouldn't do it."
The room was off the Oval Office. He was enjoying the violence and the fact that a lot of people were demonstrating for him.
Congressional leaders were quickly moved to a secure location as pro- Trump supporters pushed their way through the US Capitol building.
Insider reported that the new footage shows Pelosi and Schumer reaching out to the White House to condemn the violence. The video shows Pelosi talking with the governor of Virginia.
Oh my gosh!" Pelosi said on the call that the riots were just breaking windows. Someone was shot. It's really bad. The instigation of the president of the US.
Beschloss said that officials were a couple of minutes from being killed during the attack. He claimed that no other president would have been as hands-off as Trump.
Donald Trump is the only president in the history of the United States who would have been okay with letting a hostage crisis happen. He didn't do it because he didn't want to do that. He did it because he wanted to be violent so he could stay in office.
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