Donald Trump released a new video condemning political violence, but in the short speech he filmed in the Oval Office he did not mention the House vote to impeach him in impeachment a second time.
“I want to make it very clear: I condemn unequivocally the violence we saw last week, ” Trump said in the video, which was posted on the White House YouTube channel. He added that “no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence.”
“We cannot tolerate it,” he said.
The video appears after that 10 Republican House members joined with Democrats in passing a new impeachment.
Trump is accused of inciting the insurrection on Capitol Hill last week .
Change of tone
The week Last time, as the siege unfolded, Trump asked the rioters on Capitol Hill in a video to go home, “We love you, you are very special.”
In the message posted in the latter video this Wednesday, Trump condemned the violence and referred to reports of additional threats.
“Whether you are from the right or left, a Democrat or republican, there is never a justification for violence, “he said. ” Everyone must follow our laws and obey the instructions of the forces of order ”, said.
Following the assault on the Capitol, Trump was banned or suspended on various social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
He also criticized Silicon Valley’s efforts to repress its incendiary speech after the attack on the Capitol. “Efforts to censoring, canceling and blacklisting our fellow citizens are wrong and dangerous, ”said Trump. “What is needed now is that we listen to each other, not that we silence each other.”
