Former Secretary of State and failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton posted her skewed interpretation of the events of Jan. 6, 2021, on social media Tuesday — and promptly turned off comments so no one could set her straight. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
By Michael Schwarz January 6, 2026 at 12:04pm
Supporters of President Donald Trump might never know the answer to a question that has plagued us for 10 years.
In short, do the president’s enemies actually believe the verifiable falsehoods they tell, or do they lie on purpose?
Tuesday on the social media platform X, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton raised that question anew when she marked the five-year anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion by posting the most egregious lie about Trump’s behavior.
“Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie,” Clinton brazenly wrote. “More than 140 police officers were injured. Trump then pardoned the attackers. He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won’t ever forget it.”
Five years ago today, Donald Trump urged his supporters to attack Congress and the Capitol over a proven lie. More than 140 police officers were injured.
Trump then pardoned the attackers.
He betrayed his oath and his country, and we won’t ever forget it. pic.twitter.com/VEdzgaI3cs
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 6, 2026
Trump, of course, did no such thing. In fact, in his speech that day, he called on supporters to march “peacefully and patriotically” to the Capitol.
Moreover, the president has already taken legal action against the BBC for deceptively editing that speech to make it sound as if he had urged violence.
Thus, one senses that Clinton lied on purpose. After all, how could she not know what Trump actually said?
Indeed, as many X users noted, the fact that Clinton turned off the replies to her post suggests that she deliberately spread a falsehood. Why else would she prevent comments, if not to shield herself from scrutiny?
Hillary is a BIG coward! She can’t even open up her comments to read what Americans have to say about her and the paid off Leftist media lies.
— Gen (@GenDSouza2) January 6, 2026
She turned her comments off. I was about to fire her up lol. Real talk 😂😁😂
— patriot storm 17 (@patriotstorm17) January 6, 2026
She’s too much of a coward and knows the ratios will send her off this app for good
😂😂😂😂
— CMAN (@CmanSmitty) January 6, 2026
Only a pure coward posts with replies off.
Only someone who KNOWS they are lying does this.
And everyone knows.
— TaoOfSteveO (@couldwont) January 6, 2026
Of course there is no commenting on this crazy broads posts. You can’t continue to spew Horse manure unless it’s in an echo chamber propped up by paid agitators complicit Criminals and the emotionally unbalanced.
— SusanDelBello (@SusanDelBello1) January 6, 2026
Even the Trump White House noticed.
“Turn on replies coward,” the “Trump War Room” account wrote.
Turn on replies coward https://t.co/A2yKtpxuZ9
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) January 6, 2026
Meanwhile, Bradley Jaye, Deputy Political Editor of Breitbart News, suggested that Clinton should receive the BBC treatment.
“Trump already beat Hillary at the ballot box. Now she wants him to beat her in the courts?” Jaye wrote. “Trump never urged an attack on anything. He should sue her for every single dime she corruptly pocketed from foreign governments.”
Trump already beat Hillary at the ballot box. Now she wants him to beat her in the courts?
Trump never urged an attack on anything. He should sue her for every single dime she corruptly pocketed from foreign governments. https://t.co/XLUd5nkzUW
— Bradley Jaye (@bradleyajaye) January 6, 2026
From Russian collusion and “very fine people” to “bloodbath” and the Liz Cheney firing squad, Trump’s enemies have ginned up so many hoaxes that perhaps they have started to believe them.
The disabling of replies, however, hardly suggests the behavior of someone eager to spread information she sincerely regards as true.
Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.
Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.
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