Wednesday, February 10, 2021
KEY REPEATED WORDS IN TRUMP'S JAN 5TH PRE-RIOT SPEECH
fight--used 20 times, and echoed/repeated additional times by the crowd
peace--Used once (in word, "peacefully")
cheat--Used 3 times ("cheat", "cheated", "cheating")
voting-used 11 times
vote--used 97 times ("vote", "votes", "voters")
totally--used 11 times
constitution--used 15 times (includes "unconstitutional", twice)
ballot--used 55 times (occasionally "ballots" or "balloting")
steal--used 4 times
rigged--used 4 times
democrat--used 22 times ("democrat" or "democrats")
won--used 11 times
win--used 8 times ("win", "wins")
lost--used 7 times
republican--used 23 times ("republican", "republicans")
media--used 16 times
I hope--used 7 times
fake news--used 6 times
weak--used 12 times ("weakened" twice, "weakness" once)
strong--used 5 times ("stronger" once)
problem--used 5 times
tough--used 4 times ("tough", "get tougher")
destroy--used 6 times (mostly "destroyed", "destroy" used once)
help--used 6 times ("help" 3 times, "helped" 3 times)
hurt--used 6 times
false--used 3 times
security--used 3 times
hell--used 13 times
bullshit--used once
damn--used 3 times
fraud--used 22 times ("fraudulent", "defrauded")
control--used 4 times
China--used 4 times
America--used 16 times ("American" or "Americans", used about 1/2 the time)
election--used 53 times (includes "elections" at least several times)
guts--used 4 times
courage--used 8 times ("courageous" twice)
President--used 25 times (in "Vice president" twice)
illegal--used 24 times (includes "illegally" 11 times)
great--used 31 times (includes "greatness" several times, "greater" once)
challenge--used 4 times
Text of speech:
Good background info on Trump's use of language:
https://www.brandeis.edu/now/2021/january/trump-language-capitol-riot-mcintosh.html?fbclid=IwAR3imSkIJtOFz_ykS6_exZ_aWXol-rZmO4TIfeQUzsuNdHSNN9jBsgP2z90
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