Former President Donald Trump’s defense team played more than nine minutes of footage on Friday in which Democrats used the word “ fight, ” in an attempt to rebut House impeachment managers’ accusation that Trump instigated the uprising in the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The lengthy compilation of Democrats using the word – which included lots of clips with little or no context – came after Trump attorney David Schoen accused impeachment managers of selectively editing Trump’s words. Some of the Democrats on display were senators serving as jurors at the impeachment trial, including Chuck Schumer of New York, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, and Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, among others.
House impeachment managers have pointed to Trump’s own words before the January 6 uprising when he said supporters would lose the country if they didn’t “fight like hell.” Democrats have also claimed that Trump’s speech was the culmination of a months-long effort to undermine election results.