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Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-27T17:42:45.566Z

Wicked Blue
(8,621 posts)tanyev
(48,777 posts)Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump and his chief of staff, Mark Meadows, testified in person on Tuesday. She described how, backstage at the Ellipse shortly before his speech, Trump demanded supporters be allowed in, to fill the area to capacity as his remarks were shown on TV.
The president was warned by a Secret Service official that protesters outside security magnetometers were carrying weapons.
Trump said: I dont fucking care that they have weapons, theyre not here to hurt me. Theyre not here to hurt me. Take the fucking mags away. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol from here, let the people in and take the mags away.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/28/trump-jan-6-rally-guns-capitol-attack
leftstreet
(39,249 posts)Way to go Trump! Proving you just repeat whatever the last "advisor" told you
FloridaBlues
(4,657 posts)We remember.
Srkdqltr
(9,461 posts)Maru Kitteh
(31,351 posts)Demoralize. Disincentivize. Divide. Break MAGAs back while they are reeling.
Boomerproud
(9,186 posts)nt
Snarkoleptic
(6,220 posts)They didn't have much to say when trump said this in his first term "Take the guns first, go through due process second"
https://www.c-span.org/clip/white-house-event/user-clip-donald-trump-take-the-guns-first-go-through-due-process-second/4717030
J_William_Ryan
(3,385 posts)Theyll push back with the usual lies and spin:
Thats not with Trump meant.
demmiblue
(39,369 posts)Q: Do you agree with the assessment from some of your own officials that Alex Pretti is a domestic terrorist or assassin?
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-27T20:48:29.559Z
TRUMP: Well, I haven't heard that, but he certainly shouldn't have been carrying a gun. I don't like that he had a gun.