One message sent to a family member threatened to fatally shoot them and their children. “Heads on spikes. Treasonous Schmidts,” read the message, a screenshot of which appeared during his testimony.
Schmidt’s testimony during the committee’s second public hearing came as members sought to demonstrate Trump’s power to incite supporters to violence through his Twitter account. That argument is central to their case that there is a direct line between the lies Trump proliferated on the social media platform and the deadly attack on the Capitol.
Scott Perry, Philly Proud Boys, and more: Pa. had a starring role in the first Jan. 6 committee hearing Schmidt, who in January left his post as one of three city commissioners who oversee local elections, has been a vocal defender of the legitimacy of elections since the 2020 vote, and has broken with his party on numerous occasions to call out Trump’s false claims of fraud.
No Republican official in Pennsylvania offered support for Schmidt as Trump and his supporters launched attacks against him. He has previously described the behavior of some Trump supporters in the postelection period as “very deranged.”
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