Today Representative Elaine Luria tweeted out what could be called a deleted scene from the video testimony presented at the most-recent House Select Committee hearing. This new video shows more of Donald Trump's edits to the speech that his aides prepared for him to give on January 7th, the day after the failed insurrection attempt. From the Washington Post report today:

Rep. Elaine Luria (D-Va.) posted a video Monday on Twitter showing previously unpublicized testimony from several people close to Trump, centered on a speech he was supposed to give Jan. 7, 2021.

"It took more than 24 hours for President Trump to address the nation again after his Rose Garden video on January 6th in which he affectionately told his followers to go home in peace," Luria tweeted. "There were more things he was unwilling to say."

This adds to our understanding of what Trump found objectionable in the speech (in addition to the outtakes of his attempts to record this speech, which were presented at the last hearing). It includes a portion of a draft document titled: "Remarks on National Healing" that was personally edited by Trump (and his Sharpie). This was attested to by his own daughter Ivanka, in the video clip Luria posted.

Of course, we already know that Trump objected to certain words and phrases in the speech (including, inexplicably, the word "yesterday," because Trump somehow found it hard to say the word). In Thursday night's hearing, we saw him having little mini-tantrums about each of them while trying to read the prepared remarks off the TelePrompTer. Most notable of these was when Trump refused to say a very basic truth: "This election is now over... I don't want to say the election is over, I just want to say Congress has certified the results without saying the election is over, OK?"

But as Luria pointed out, there were other important things Trump was unwilling to say, most of them condemning his own supporters who had participated in the insurrection attempt. Here is the original draft, as prepared for Trump, but without his edits:

Remarks on National Healing

Good afternoon. I would like to begin today by addressing the heinous attack yesterday on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged and sickened by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders.

America is, and must always be, a nation of law and order.

The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American Democracy. I am directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We must send a clear message -- not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm.

To those who engaged in acts of violence and destruction, I want to be very clear: you do not represent me. You do not represent our movement. You do not represent our country. And if you broke the law, you belong in jail.

We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. But now, tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must get on with the business of America.

My campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. My only [...]

The view of the document cuts off there, although it would certainly be interesting to see all of what Trump scribbled on his draft with his Sharpie. Here are the edits Trump made [Editor's Note: The brackets show where edits were made, text that Trump crossed out has been crossed out, and the two words Trump added are in bold]:

Remarks on National Healing

[Good afternoon.] I would like to begin [today] by addressing the heinous attack yesterday on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans, I am outraged [and sickened] by the violence, lawlessness and mayhem. I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders.

America is, and must always be, a nation of law and order.

The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American Democracy. [I am directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We must send a clear message -- not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm.]

To those who engaged in acts of violence and destruction, [I want to be very clear: you do not represent me. You do not represent our movement.] You do not represent our country. And if you broke the law, you [belong in jail.] [will pay.]

We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. But now, tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must get on with the business of America.

My campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. My only [...]

This was pretty close to the text that Trump wound up reading. Here is the full transcript of the remarks released by the White House on January 7th, as Trump actually delivered them:

I'd like to begin by addressing the heinous attack on the United States Capitol. Like all Americans I am outraged by the violence, lawlessness, and mayhem.

I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders.

America is, and must always be, a nation of law and order.

The demonstrators who infiltrated the Capitol have defiled the seat of American democracy. To those who engaged in the acts of violence and destruction: you do not represent our country. And to those who broke the law: you will pay.

We have just been through an intense election and emotions are high. But now, tempers must be cooled and calm restored. We must get on with the business of America.

My campaign vigorously pursued every legal avenue to contest the election results. My only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. In so doing, I was fighting to defend American democracy.

I continue to strongly believe that we must reform our election laws to verify the identity and eligibility of all voters, and to ensure faith and confidence in all future elections.

Now Congress has certified the results. A new administration will be inaugurated on January twentieth. My focus now turns to ensuring a smooth, orderly, and seamless transition of power.

This moment calls for healing and reconciliation. 2020 has been a challenging time for our people. A menacing pandemic has upended the lives of our citizens, isolated millions in their homes, damaged our economy, and claimed countless lives. Defeating this pandemic and rebuilding the greatest economy on Earth will require all of us working together. It will require a renewed emphasis on the civic values of patriotism, faith, charity, community, and family. We must revitalize the sacred bonds of love and loyalty that bind us together as one national family.

To the citizens of our country: serving as your president has been the honor of my lifetime. And to all of my wonderful supporters: I know you are disappointed but I also want you to know that our incredible journey is only just beginning.

Thank you, God bless you, and God bless America.

You'll note that while Trump refused to admit some basic truths in his speech, he certainly wasn't above telling a whopper of a lie or two. "I immediately deployed the National Guard and federal law enforcement to secure the building and expel the intruders," is just laughably false, as the committee has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt.

But what's telling is what Trump refused to say. Some of this was pretty benign, such as Trump bizarrely refusing to begin with "Good afternoon," or utter the word "today."

But there are big edits that aren't so benign and that show precisely what Trump really thought. He couldn't bring himself to say that the attack "sickened" him, because it so obviously didn't -- in fact, it elated him. He refused to actually stand up for "law and order" by refusing to promise the American people that the Justice Department would vigorously investigate and prosecute the lawbreakers:

I am directing the Department of Justice to ensure all lawbreakers are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. We must send a clear message -- not with mercy but with JUSTICE. Legal consequences must be swift and firm.

Trump also refused to disavow the lawbreakers in personal terms: "I want to be very clear: you do not represent me. You do not represent our movement." The reason for this is obvious, since Trump truly does believe -- back then and now -- that not only did these people represent him and his movement, but that they were the heroes of the movement. He couldn't even promise that they "belong in jail" if they broke the law.

Some may see today's release of testimony and evidence as merely a footnote to everything else we've learned about Trump, and what he did and didn't do on or about January 6th. But to me, the excerpts from that speech -- both the video ones we saw Thursday and today's revelations -- cut to the core issue of what Trump himself felt about the entire thing.

The only really surprising thing here is that Trump didn't refuse to read the passage that begins with: "This moment calls for healing and reconciliation," and ends with: "We must revitalize the sacred bonds of love and loyalty that bind us together as one national family." Trump -- again, quite obviously, given his behavior since he read this speech in his typical "hostage video" cadence -- doesn't believe any of this, and hasn't lifted a finger or said a peep since about "all of us working together." He still believes his Big Lie, or at the very least he realizes that it's all he's really got left to trot out in order to fleece his rubes.

Trump's true feelings were on display the day before this speech was given, and indeed on pretty much every day since. He "loves" the "very special" people who stormed the United States Capitol. He wasn't sickened by the violence, he was cheering it on. He doesn't think anyone should pay any sort of price for breaking the law that day, in fact he now calls them patriots and political prisoners. He can lie all he wants to about "immediately" calling out the National Guard and federal agents, but it was Mike Pence who did that.

Maya Angelou was right: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

-- Chris Weigant

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