Former White House aide Hope Hicks told a fellow aide in text messages during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection that “we all look like domestic terrorists now” as Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.
Texts released by the House select committee investigating that day show Hicks texting with Julie Radford, former chief of staff to Ivanka Trump, as the violence unfolded.
“In one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn’t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys chapter,” Hicks said, apparently referring to former President Trump.
Radford responded, “Yup,” seemingly agreeing.
“And all of us that didn’t have jobs lined up will be perpetually unemployed,” Hicks said, also saying she was “so mad and upset,” adding, “We all look like domestic terrorists now.”
“Oh yes I’ve been crying for an hour,” Radford replied.
Hicks texted that former White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah Griffin, who resigned about a month before the attack, looked like a “genius.”
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NEW: Hope Hicks to aide on Jan. 6: "We all look like domestic terrorists now" https://t.co/9lJ8cLRF4V pic.twitter.com/pwlGhlLiLk
— The Hill (@thehill) January 2, 2023
Two thoughts on this Hope Hicks story. https://t.co/QLHYi4RM2v
1. Maybe full context is different, but pretty striking how self-interested her response is.
2. I wish her predictions of the devastating effects of Jan 6 on Trumpy bitter-enders were more prescient than they were.— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 2, 2023
“And all of us that didn’t have jobs lined up will be perpetually unemployed. I’m so mad and upset. We all look like domestic terrorists now.” – Hope Hicks
Their concern for the Constitution they swore to uphold is so touching https://t.co/hY7hTE5K8p
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 2, 2023
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) January 3, 2023
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