Trump's 'Be there, will be wild' tweet mobilizes extremist groups for January 6

President Trump tweeted on December 19, 2020: "Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild." The January 6 Committee found the tweet functioned as a call to action for extremist and militia groups who began organizing immediately. Rally organizers shifted a Women for America First event to January 6 within hours. The Proud Boys and Oath Keepers began operational planning for January 6 shortly after the tweet; the committee treated it as the trigger event for the January 6 mobilization.