Former President Donald Trump referenced Seattle’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest during the presidential debate Tuesday night, falsely claiming protesters took over a big portion of the city.

During the debate, Trump was asked if he has any regrets about what he did on Jan. 6, 2021, when he had asked his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol that ultimately led to an insurrection.

In response, Trump, who was president in 2020 when protesters started the CHOP to protest police brutality after the death of George Floyd, said: “When are the people that burned down Minneapolis going to be prosecuted or in Seattle? They went into Seattle, they took over a big percentage of the city of Seattle. When are those people going to be prosecuted?”

Sources: Esri, City of Seattle (Mark Nowlin / The Seattle Times)

The zone’s size fluctuated, but it essentially occupied about six city blocks surrounding the Seattle Police Department East Precinct building and Cal Anderson Park, extending east to 12th Avenue, west to Broadway, south to East Pine Street and north to East Denny Way.

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