Fiona Hill Says Capitol Riot Was ‘Dress Rehearsal,’ Warns U.S. Is in ‘Dangerous Moment’

Fiona Hill, a former prime nationwide security adviser to Donald Trump, steered Sunday that the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6 foreshadowed political violence ahead.

“We’ve seen many historic episodes the place there’s violence, of us low value it, they assume that that’s solely a passing incidence…and the next time spherical you get the precise issue the place of us really do seize these predominant buildings,” Hill acknowledged all through an interview on CBS‘s Face the Nation on Sunday.

The Capitol riot, she acknowledged, was “in impression a robe rehearsal for one factor that could be occurring near time interval, in 2022, 2024.”

“We’ve election cycles proper right here that may heighten the tensions, and as quickly as of us start talking about violence, as quickly because the brink is crossed, we’re in a hazard zone,” Hill added.

Hill, who inside the Nationwide Security Council served as senior director for Europe and Russia, acknowledged the U.S. is in a “dangerous second.”

Requested by host Margaret Brennan whether or not or not she believed populism on the correct or on the left was additional threatening, Hill pointed to the correct, though she well-known that populism on the left “contributes to the overall ambiance of polarization.”

“Nonetheless very sadly it’s on the correct that we’re seeing the first threats. It’s actors on the correct, not merely in Congress and inside the Senate—places the place you’d really rely on of us to be upholding their oaths of office to the construction and to the parents—nevertheless it’s actors on that correct who’re moreover principally calling for violence in opposition to fellow Individuals, and all the time they’re talking down the integrity of the election system,” Hill acknowledged.

She referred to the rally that former president Trump held in Des Moines, Iowa, on Saturday. Ahead of the rally, Trump supporters said they saw “civil war” coming and believed he would “save the world.”

“And naturally now we have merely had the rally that president Trump carried out in Iowa, clearly prepping for his return to the presidency, a presidency he says that he’s on no account left on account of he’s saying that election was stolen away from him,” Hill acknowledged.

“And the complete of the rally, about 85 p.c of his speech on the rally, was all regarding the stealing of the election—I indicate principally perpetrating a lie,” she added.

Newsweek has reached out to representatives for Trump for comment.

On Friday, TV host Bill Maher similarly predicted the Capitol riot would present to be a warmup.

“The ding dongs who sacked the Capitol last yr? That was like when Al Qaeda tried to take down the World Commerce Center, the first time with a van. It was a joke,” Maher acknowledged. “Nonetheless the next time they received right here once more with planes.”