'She Said, 'I Take Full Responsibility For January 6th'': Trump Goes After Pelosi During Debate

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During Thursday night's CNN Presidential Debate, former President Donald Trump was asked about voters' concerns regarding the events of January 6th, 2021.

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00:00Let's turn to the issue of democracy. Former President Trump, I want to ask you about January 6,

00:052021. After you rallied your supporters that day, some of them stormed the Capitol to stop

00:10the constitutionally mandated counting of electoral votes. As president, you swore an

00:15oath to, quote, preserve, protect and defend, unquote, the Constitution. What do you say to

00:20voters who believe that you violated that oath through your actions and inaction on January 6

00:25and worry that you'll do it again? Well, I don't think too many believe that. And let me tell you

00:29about January 6. On January 6, we had a great border. Nobody coming through. Very few. On

00:36January 6, we were energy independent. On January 6, we had the lowest taxes ever. We had the lowest

00:41regulations ever. On January 6, we were respected all over the world. All over the world, we were

00:47respected. And then he comes in and we're now left that we're like a bunch of stupid people.

00:53That what happened to the United States' reputation under this man's leadership

00:58is horrible, including weaponization, which I'm sure at some point you'll be talking about,

01:04where he goes after his political opponent because he can't beat him fair and square.

01:08You have 80 seconds left. My question was, what do you say to those voters who believe that you

01:13vital violated your constitutional oath through your actions and inaction on January 6, 2021,

01:18and worry that you'll do it again? Well, I didn't say that to anybody. I said,

01:22peacefully and patriotically. And Nancy Pelosi, if you just watched the news from two days ago,

01:28on tape to her daughter, who is a documentary filmmaker, they say. But she's saying,

01:34oh, no, it's my responsibility. I was responsible for this because I offered her 10,000 soldiers

01:40or National Guard. And she turned them down. And the mayor of in writing, by the way, the mayor

01:45in writing turned it down, the mayor of D.C. They turned it down. I offered 10,000 because

01:51I could see I had virtually nothing to do. They asked me to go make a speech.

01:56I could see what was happening. Everybody was saying they're going to be there on January 6.

02:00They're going to be there. And I said, you know what? There's a lot of people coming.

02:03You could feel it. You could feel it, too. And you could feel it. And I said they ought to have

02:07some National Guard or whatever. And I offered it to her. And she now admits that she turned it down.

02:14And it was the same day she was. I don't know. He can't be very happy with her daughter because

02:19it made her into a liar. She said, I take full responsibility for January 6.

'She Said, 'I Take Full Responsibility For January 6th'': Trump Goes After Pelosi During Debate

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