Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney
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Donald TrumpDemocrats see Georgia as a round of applause in the MLB war for voting rights may move Georgia’s All-Star game after further restrictions from controversial Biden voters dismiss most DHS advisory board members MOREThe recent January 6 comments on Capitol Hill are “manifestly untrue.”
Speaking during an interview at CNN Newsroom, Mulvaney was responding to Trump’s comments on Fox News on Thursday, during which the former commander-in-chief said the protesters represented “zero threat”.
“I was surprised to hear the president say that … Clearly, there were people who were behaving and there were people who were absolutely not,” said Mulvaney.
“But going out and saying that everyone was fine and that there was no risk is fair – that is manifestly untrue,” he said. “People died. Other people were seriously injured. To say there was no risk is just wrong.”
Mulvaney also said that while watching the riot live, there was a “split screen” of violent protesters and those who remained within the velvet ropes of the Capitol rotunda. Still, he said that even peaceful protesters shouldn’t be on Capitol Hill that day.
“There are videos of people behaving and protesting peacefully. But they shouldn’t be there. And it is not right to say that there was no risk. I don’t know how you can say that when people were killed, ”he said.
Trump made his comments on Thursday, while talking about the security measures that have been taken around the Capitol since the riot, such as the protective fence.
“I think it is shameful – it seems, for the world to watch – for sure, it is a political maneuver that they are doing. It was a zero threat from the start, it was a zero threat, “he said.
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Joe BidenDemocrats see Georgia as a round of applause in the war for voting rights The MLB can move Georgia’s All-Star game after further restrictions on controversial voters.Victory of the Electoral College. Mulvaney resigned his position as a special envoy to Northern Ireland after the riot.