Trump abruptly cancels planned Jan. 6th speech -- then throws tantrum at Capitol riot probe

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Former President Donald Trump abruptly canceled his planned speech on the anniversary of the Capitol riots on January 6th.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Trump said he was cancelling the speech "in light of the total bias and dishonesty of the January 6th Unselect Committee of Democrats, two failed Republicans, and the Fake News Media."

He then went on to lob insults at members of the committee, as well as assorted political foes, including "Adam Schifty Schiff" and "Crazy Nancy Pelosi."

Trump tried to blame Pelosi for supposedly not doing enough to stop his supporters from rioting at the Capitol, and also demanded that the House Select Committee investigating said riot look into his baseless claims of voter fraud. Trump also vowed that he would relitigate these topics during an event with supporters in Arizona.

Link to tweet

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-speech-on-january-6-2656222027/

[LakeArenal]

1. Trump is such a whiney baby.

All he has left is name calling?

Waaaaaaaaa 👨?🦲. His mommy didn’t like him much I think.

[Aristus]

2. God, I'm so sick of his childish behavior.

I'm glad he's out of the White House. But for the love of God, put him in prison so he can't make public statements anymore.

[spanone]

3. Face it donwald, the entire world fucking hates you with a purple passion

And now you're down to palin level with the 'lamestream media' bullshit....just about your IQ equivalent

[dchill]

4. "In a statement written in poop released on Tuesday,..."

There. Corrected for accuracy.

[malaise]

5. Consequences are coming Slobfather

Fret- you whiny piece of shit.

[SheilaAnn]

6. What he's really upset about is that the major networks are not covering this planned fiasco.

[PortTack]

11. Bingo!! I for one am thrilled he won't be holding his disease spreading rally

[Walleye]

12. 👆

If that is true then I got to say good job networks

[TheRealNorth]

7. Was the media not sending camera crews?

That's the only reason I can think of why he canceled. Because there were not going to be camera crews from the networks.

[FarPoint]

8. I have heard and read here....

The media refused to cover his circus show and that republican Congress and Senators all were telling him to cancel as well...

[Beetwasher.]

9. Someone May Have Gotten Through To Him That His Speech Will Be Used As Further Evidence

Against him. This is actually a very good sign.

[Walleye]

10. It's creepy when he uses the word dishonesty

[Bev54]

13. So in other words the media was not going to show up for his press release?

[Baked Potato]

14. His material is so old and stale, SAD.

[tblue37]

15. He feared his "press conference" (read: petulant, repetitive rant) would be ignored.

[pandr32]

16. He needs a time out

Prison would work perfectly.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. What is he, a spoiled 5 year old brat? Sorry to the 5 years out there, a lot of them

act far better then rump does.

Note: I had to reread post being that I thought was from the Onion. Nope! This is just the spoiled brat having a temper tantrum.

[Frustratedlady]

18. He is probably concerned about the committee asking Sean Hannity to appear for a little visit...

or the request by Letitia James that Donnie Boy and Ivanka appear.

I think Hannity and Trump used to "pillow talk" every night and might still do so.

Hannity's ego isn't much smaller than Trump's, so it should be interesting. The committee seems to have plenty of information that could tie a bow on Trump's involvement.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. Trump canceled Jan. 6 event as 'it was becoming clear he wasn't likely to get live TV coverage'

TFG was not going to get live TV coverage

Link to tweet

On Tuesday, former President Donald Trump announced he was pulling the plug on a press conference he was scheduled to give on the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol insurrection, not even a week after formally announcing it would be taking place.

According to Maggie Haberman of The New York Times, one of the reasons for the cancelation is that Trump's advisors and associates privately told him that the press conference would be a mistake — and that he would probably not get his event covered live, something that he reveled in throughout his TV career and as president.