Trump Jr’s Anti-Trans Rant Riled Up Insurrectionist Mob
As he pandered to Christian hatred
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4 min readJan 7, 2021
Yesterday, a mob of thousands of people, incited by the outgoing president, descended on Washington DC in a shocking attempt at violent insurrection. I wasn’t going to write about the events because I have no particular political expertise. I’ve changed my mind because I just learned something that is not yet being widely shared, but needs to be.
The president’s son whipped up the mob yesterday with an anti-transgender rant so mean-spirited and violent that even Fox News cut him off mid-speech.
Donald Trump Junior appeared at a “Stop the Steal” rally in DC yesterday, addressing the crowd not long before it broke into the capitol building, resulting in 4 deaths and over 50 arrests so far.
He whipped the crowd up with the following —
“To all of you red-blooded, patriotic Americans,” he almost screamed as he began his address.
