Insurrection: Trump speech, tweets before supporters stormed US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : "At 2:38 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021, Trump sent this tweet: "Please support our Capitol Police and Law Enforcement.
56% : At 3:13 p.m. Jan. 6, 2021, Trump sent another tweet: "I am asking for everyone at the U.S. Capitol to remain peaceful.
55% : "And after this, we're going to walk down there, and I'll be there with you, we're going to walk down ... to the Capitol and we are going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women," Trump told the crowd.
42% : An attempted coup by Trump supporters at his encouragement.
35% : "Critics insist that particular passage, in addition to the speech's combustible and inciteful words, spurred his supporters to march to the U.S Capitol, violently occupy the building, create a security risk and suspend Electoral College deliberations.
35% : "But what did Trump say?
30% : "Before Trump spoke, his attorney, Rudy Giuliani called for "trial by combat."
30% : You don't concede when there's theft involved," Trump said.
23% : On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, then-president Donald Trump peppered an otherwise incendiary speech at a rally with a singular ask that his supporters "peacefully" march to the U.S. Capitol - but also be prepared to "fight like hell.""We fight like hell," Trump had said.
13% : Days later, Donald Trump was impeached by the House on Jan. 13, 2021, for "incitement of insurrection" for provoking the riots.

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