Trump didn't want to use word ‘peace’ in Jan. 6 tweet, witness says

Sarah Matthews, the former White House press secretary, said former President Trump did not want to use the word ‘peace’ in tweets on Jan. 6.
Former White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Matthews told the committee Trump avoided mentioning the word “peace” in a tweet to condemn the violent rioters who were already in the Capitol. Matthews described a conversation between her and former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany about Trump’s refusal to tweet a stronger condemnation.

“She looked directly at me and in a hushed tone shared with me that the president did not want to include any sort of mention of peace in that tweet.” There was back and forth between White House staff and Trump about what to exactly tweet, until Ivanka Trump “suggested the phrase ‘stay peaceful,'" according to Matthews.