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 the Democrats and the Radical Left in removing my account from their platform, to silence me—and YOU, the 75,000,000 great … patriots who voted for me” and threatening: “We will not be SILENCED!” To this day, the President refuses to acknowledge or express any hint of personal remorse for his role in the January 6th insurrection, instead publicly claiming no responsibility.

In stark contrast to the President, Republican Members of Congress and those in the Administration have widely recognized and expressed horror at the attack on the Capitol and the President’s role in inciting it. Immediately upon returning to their respective chambers after the attackers had been forcibly removed, members of the President’s own party in the House and Senate recognized that “what happened here today was an insurrection, incited by the President of the United States.” In public statements on the floor of Congress and elsewhere, the President’s fellow Republicans made clear: “There’s no question the president formed the mob. The President incited the mob. The President addressed the mob. He lit the flame.” They declared that the attack on the Capitol was “the inevitable and ugly outcome of the President’s addiction to constantly stoking division,” and the President’s conduct “was a flagrant dereliction of his duty to uphold and defend the Constitution.”

Beginning the next day, a series of members of the President’s Administration resigned in protest of his role in the attack. Secretary of Education DeVos resigned her Cabinet post due to the “unconscionable” attack, and observed in her resignation letter to President Trump: “There is no mistaking the impact your rhetoric had on the situation.” Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao likewise resigned from the Cabinet, and Special Envoy Mulvaney, previously President Trump’s Acting Chief of Staff, resigned as well, declaring “I can’t do it. I can’t stay.” Numerous