Did Trump Spend January 6th Huffing Sharpie Markers All Day?
Trump allies say he wasn’t derelict in his duties or treasonous during the insurrection, he was just high on Sharpie fumes
According to several Congressional aides, who requested anonymity to discuss secret, closed-door testimony provided to the January 6th Committee, President Donald Trump doesn’t just love writing with permanent makers, he may love huffing them as well.
“Several Trump staffers have defended the former president’s actions on January 6th by claiming Trump wanted to say something publicly to end the violence and send the rioters home, but he was just too high out of his mind from huffing his Sharpie permanent markers to film some kind of video or compose a tweet,” explained one J6 Committee aide.
Trump’s penchant for writing only with permanent markers is, of course, well documented.
“We have learned from several witnesses that it was Trump’s habit to go through a 12-pack of permanent markers each day,” continued the Congressional aide. “Trump would spend about an hour smelling each one before he’d yell out to anyone in the room that ‘the flavor is gone,’ and then pop off the cap of a new one. Witnesses have said this is why Trump occasionally slurred words and phrases…
