Donald Trump canceled the press conference scheduled for Thursday, one year to the day after the Capitol invasion.
No event in Mar-a-Lago. On Tuesday, Donald Trump announced the cancellation of the press conference he was to hold on Thursday, one year to the day after the Capitol invasion. The former US president has blamed the ongoing parliamentary commission of inquiry, which is trying to determine whether the Trump administration played a role in the violent events of January 6, 2021, when pro-Trump people halted certification of the results of the presidential election by bursting into the Capitol: “In view of the dishonesty and the prejudice of the Commission of Democrats, the two failed Republicans and the Fake News Media, I cancel the Press Conference of January 6 in Mar-a-Lago Thursday, and instead I will speak about these important topics during my meeting on Saturday January 15th in Arizona: there will be crowds! ”He wrote, keeping the capital letters he used. in his tweets – before his social media accounts were permanently deleted for inciting violence.
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The press conference, during which Donald Trump would certainly have repeated his baseless accusations of electoral fraud over the presidential election of November 2020, was to take place at the same time as the commemorations of the invasion of the Capitol, during of which five people died and from which four police officers deployed that day committed suicide. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will notably speak there.
“I don’t think this is a good idea”
If Donald Trump maintains a strong hold on the Republican Party, and intends to weigh for the midterm elections and then run for president in 2024, some Republicans had recently spoken out against his press conference: “I don’t think so let that be a good idea. It depends on what he’s going to say. But you can assume that will be an aggressive statement, ”said West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
His colleague from Pennsylvania Pat Toomey, who had voted in favor of the guilt of Donald Trump in his impeachment trial for “incitement to insurgency” last year, had confirmed that it was “not a terribly good idea. “, But had shared his helplessness:” What can I do? ” “It’s a free country and you can say whatever you want, with some limitations, but I think the country has turned the page. I think we need to focus on our efforts, get things done for the American people and not pursue matters that have already been decided, ”said John Cornyn, the senator from Texas, recently.
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