The president reminded House Republicans he said "peacefully and patriotically" in his pre-coup rally and blamed former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the violence.

President Donald Trump speaks during the House Republican Party member retreat at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6.MANDEL NGAN via Getty Images

US President Donald Trump, on the fifth anniversary of his failed coup attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, yet again falsely claimed he had nothing to do with the violence that left 140 police officers injured and five dead.

"In my speech - ‘peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol, peacefully and patriotically.` Do you know that the unselect committee didn`t report it, that I said those words?" he said Tuesday, referring to the House Jan. 6 committee that detailed Trump`s attempts to remain in office despite having lost the election by 7 million votes. "Do you know that the news never reported the words, ‘walk or march peacefully and patriotically to the Capitol.` You know, they never reported it."

He then blamed former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for the violence that day for not wanting the 10,000 troops Trump says he wanted deployed - troops that Trump wanted to protect his supporters from counter-protesters.

"They never reported that Nancy Pelosi was offered 10,000 soldiers, National Guard soldiers, whatever you want. ‘No, I don`t want them,`" he said.

In fact, the "peacefully and patriotically" language was in the prepared remarks that he read off the teleprompter early that afternoon. In that speech, Trump also told his mob that they had to "fight like hell" that day.

"And if you don`t fight like hell, you`re not going to have a country anymore," he said.

A week after the assault, the House impeached Trump for inciting the insurrection, with 10 Republicans voting with every Democrat. A month later, though, then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) refused to convict Trump, claiming that it was inappropriate because he was no longer in office.

Had he been convicted, the Senate almost certainly would have also voted to ban Trump from holding federal office ever again. McConnell`s decision permitted Trump to mount a campaign to return to office.

Trump was speaking Tuesday to House Republicans assembled at the Kennedy Center, which Trump recently had renamed for himself.

In the remarks, Trump also repeated the lie about the 2020 election that riled up his followers in the first place and which he repeats to this day, almost every day: "The election was rigged."