Jailed Jan. 6 Rioters Are Getting Fan Mail From Trump Supporters

[Nevilledog]

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Tess Owen
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The ongoing effort to whitewash the events of Jan 6 and rebrand accused rioters as “political prisoners” has led to a sprawling support network for those defendants, including a “patriot mail” letter writing campaign

Jailed Jan. 6 Rioters Are Getting Fan Mail From Trump Supporters
As Washington braces for Saturday's 'Justice for J6' rally, a look inside all the ways MAGA-types are supporting the alleged insurrectionists.
vice.com
9:39 AM · Sep 17, 2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx53y9/j6-rioters-getting-fan-mail

For months, the approximately 40 accused Capitol rioters who are detained in jail pending the outcome of their cases have been on the receiving end of a letter-writing campaign called the “Patriot Mail Project.”

MAGA types around the country have been sending greeting cards, often featuring watercolor landscapes and Bible verses, as part of a sprawling public support network that’s coalesced around the Jan. 6 detainees, recently rebranded as “political prisoners” by allies of former President Donald Trump.

It’s one element of the ongoing effort to whitewash the events of Jan. 6 and position the accused rioters—facing charges ranging from trespassing to bringing Molotov cocktails to the Capitol—as patriotic dissidents who are being unfairly persecuted by the Biden “regime.”

Though the narrative started on the fringes, it’s taken hold in the mainstream in recent months. A recent survey by Rasmussen Reports found that 49% of “likely U.S. voters” agreed with the idea that Jan. 6 defendants were “political prisoners,” with 30% saying they “strongly agreed” with that characterization. The narrative gained legitimacy through lawmakers like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz. On Thursday, Trump put out a statement saying that “our hearts and minds are with the people being persecuted so unfairly relating to the January 6th protest concerning the Rigged Presidential Election.” Trump’s statement comes as Washington, D.C. is bracing for possible violence around a planned “Justice for J6’s Political Prisoners” rally this weekend. Fearing a repeat of the events on Jan. 6, authorities have reinstalled the fence surrounding the Capitol and requested the National Guard to be on standby, should they need extra help.

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[Skittles]

1. see how it works, everyone?

if you kneel at a football game you are a traitor, but if you storm the Capitol and attack police officers and destroy property, you are a patriot

[SergeStorms]

2. I want to know...

who's writing those letters for Asshole45's cult members,, and who's on the inside reading those letters to the insurectionists?

I'm almost certain none of them can either write or read letters.

[GoodRaisin]

3. But they get nothing from Trump.

Oh yeah, a political statement. Fools.