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There is more than Ray Epps that suggests that it was in part a setup. There was refusal to provide adequate security. The video showing protesters intentionally let into the building by capital guards. The video of the murder of Ashli Babit and the breathless reports in media in its wake that the protesters were armed and shooting. There was the later absurd exhoneration of the officer who murdered her. There were the lies about the guard killed by the fire extinguisher. There was the video of the beat down of a woman on the ground with sticks in an apparent attempt to provoke protesters into a confrontation to protect her. There was the recent exposed FBI plot to convince a militia group to kidnap a Govenor.

What you're talking about with a vast government conspiracy to entrap and frame Trump protesters doesn't make sense if you follow it through logically.

Think of it this way - either (1) the riot was the actions of a few unhinged protesters, as well as some fellow travellers like the Proud Boys or (2) restrained Maga patriots were entrapped by the government to frame and tar the whole MAGA movement.

Let's follow thread #2. Either (A) Trump is aware of this dastardly plot, or (B) he is unaware.

As ex-President, it's inconceiveable that Trump has less intelligence than your average social media user, where the Ray Epps theory is common. So it has to be (A).

Since Trump is aware of the theory, he either (i) Believes it, and has spent $0 of his $100M raised since the riot on the defense of these patriots since he only cares about himself and sees the rest of MAGA as pawns. This is the leftist thinking about Trump. Or (ii) Doesn't believe it, and hasn't spent money defending the rioters because he thinks they are guilty, or (iii) Believes it, but is too scared to assist them.

(i) and (iii) don't sound like Trump to me.