Trump on Jan. 6 insurrection: 'These were great people'

[orangecrush]

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday widely praised those who attended the Jan. 6 rally that preceded the insurrection at the Capitol, repeatedly using the word “love” to describe the tone of the event.

Echoing his rhetoric about the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., Trump said, “These were peaceful people, these were great people.”




Speaking on “Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo” on the Fox News Channel, he also said the rally participants were patriots, that some of them were unjustly arrested and jailed, and that a woman who was shot and killed by law enforcement during the insurrection was a great hero.

The remarks reflected recent efforts by Trump and his supporters to cast themselves as the aggrieved parties from the Jan. 6 riot, which left five people dead and others injured — and, for a brief time, halted the wheels of democracy as President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Trump in the Electoral College was being confirmed by Congress.



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.politico.com/amp/news/2021/07/11/trump-jan-6-insurrection-these-were-great-people-499165

[dweller]

1. Fatnixon needs to be asked, repeatedly

Why is she a hero ?

He has no clue, so hold him to it … WHY is she a hero ?

✌🏻

[Under The Radar]

2. He had a different term for these people on Jan 6th

Intruders, criminals and said that they will pay.

[David__77]

5. That was very politically stupid of him, maybe.

It might have been needed to avoid invocation if the 25th amendment. Otherwise, it was stupid of him politically not to laud the attackers right then and there.

The fact is he owns the Republican Party and is highly relevant, leading a pro-fascist movement that has real potential to destroy the US as a major international power and representative republic.

[Blue Owl]

3. Beautiful people who make perfect phone calls

Right, Diarrhea Donny?

[captain queeg]

4. Well ass hole, why not allow them into your country club for free?

Oh, I forgot, you think they are low class

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. For this thread

Link to tweet

[orangecrush]

7. Thanks

[dalton99a]

8. +1

[struggle4progress]

9. Supporters smash windows