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In his opening address via video link, committee chair Bennie Thompson has painted a picture of Donald Trump sitting in the White House and refusing to do anything as violence unfolded at the Capitol just two miles away.
“Donald Trump ignored and disregarded the desperate pleas of his own family, including Ivanka and Don Jr,” Thompson said. “He could not be moved to rise from his dining room table and walk the few steps down the White House hallway into the press briefing room, where cameras were anxiously and desperately waiting to carry his message to the armed and violent mob savagely beating and killing law enforcement officers defending the Capitol.”