It has been noted that former first lady Melania Trump had declined to call for peace and non-violence as insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
In a resurfaced Tweet, it has been noted that Trump’s aide Stephanie Grisham sent her a text that said, “Do you want to tweet that peaceful protests are the right of every American, but there is no place for lawlessness and violence?” to which Trump replied with one word: “No.”
Grisham had detailed the account in her upcoming book titled “I’ll Take Your Questions Now.”
Reports had stated that Trump was at the White House during the insurrection, overseeing a photo shoot of a carpet she had installed. At no time on January 6 did Trump call off the photo shoot, nor did she publicly speak out in any way about the atrocities being committed by supporters of her husband, President Donald Trump, two miles away on Capitol Hill, even as barricades were torn down and attackers entered the Capitol building.
It was not until January 11, five days after the insurrection, that Trump in part condemned the violence.
According to another account in Grisham’s book, Melania Trump was sleeping in her private bedroom at the White House on election night and Grisham had to wake her for her husband’s speech, a person familiar with the content tells CNN.
Former First Lady Melania Trump replied “No” after her Chief of Staff Stephanie Grisham urged her to condemn those storming the Capitol on January 6th.
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