Rick Wilson on the four Trumpers who were subpoenaed by the 1/6 Committee:
Now, let me take a moment to note something for the 1/6 committee.
Each one of these Trump mooks will resist the subpoenas. Each one of them will demand to testify in private. Each one with make spurious claims of executive privilege. Each one of them will lie and lie.
Now…and this is the tricky part, but do try to pay attention.
Fuck. These. Guys.
Don’t let them or their lawyers wedge you into the phony courtesies and hollow formalities of the Old Washington.
These are people who would have gladly burned down our nation.
They TRIED. 1/6 for them wasn’t a failed coup. It was training exercise. Bannon — an avowed Leninist who wants to destroy every institutions to rebuild them in his own alt-reich vision. Meadows, an apparatchik who would carry out any excess. Patel, dirty from the jump.
They are all the most hostile of witnesses. Hostile to the truth. Hostile to the country. Hostile to democracy and the Republic.
They’ll be playing for the Fox camera. Your task isn’t simply to investigate but to humiliate.
Keep in mind the power of spectacle, which is too often underappreciated in politics. Keep in mind that the Trump acolytes and anal leeches will plan and execute this same outrage, at scale.
These are enemies of the American people and should treated as such.
I’m a sterner sort than anyone on the committee, but for ONCE, get the taste of blood in your mouth. For ONCE, act like you fucking mean it. Enforce subpoenas. DOJ will back it. Jail obstructionists. Demand candor.
Follow the phones. Follow the money. Follow the email trail. The Venn diagram of White House/Trump World conspirators and the angry mob is filled with some truly degenerate and vile human filth like Roger Stone and Ali Alexander.
Live hearings. Fill the media void with the Trump mutant parade. Bring in the spawn of Trump. Make it hurt.
Enough for now. More to come.
Originally tweeted by Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) on September 23, 2021.