Trump stands up for the "victim/warriors" of the January 6 Assault on Congress

Because they were heroic "combatants" who have been totally "railroaded" - or something.

As reported by The Hill.

Former President Trump defended his supporters who rioted at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and called them “warriors” at a Nevada rally on Sunday.

“Those J6 warriors – they were warriors – but they were really, more than anything else, they’re victims of what happened,” Trump said at the rally, speaking to a crowd of supporters.

“All they were doing is protesting a rigged election. That’s what they were doing,” Trump continued, repeating his false claims that the 2024 presidential election was rigged against him.

Trump also falsely claimed police welcomed rioters into the Capitol and, Trump said, told the rioters, “Go in, go in, go in, go in.”

“What a set up that was,” Trump added. “What a horrible, horrible thing, and you know, that blows two ways, that blows two ways, believe me.”

Trump and his supporters have at times sought to recharacterize the Jan. 6 riots as peaceful. In reality, however, about 140 officers were injured, and five died in the days after the attack. One Capitol Police officer likened the scene to a “war zone” and recounted, before a congressional committee, slipping in other people’s blood as she engaged in “hand-to-hand combat” for hours.

This is absolutely delusional. Totally.

How exactly are they “Warriors” when they were supposedly “Peaceful?”

How exactly are they “Victims” when they were “Warriors?”

You can’t be AT WAR peacefully. You can’t be a Victim if you’re AT WAR.

How exactly was it a “Setup” - when they were invited, by Trump? He sent out the initial tweet that called for a rally on January 6 when the plan had been to have the rally on January 20th during the Inaugural. He made that call.

There weren’t any cops saying “Go in go in” - except for a couple exceptions they were fighting like mad to keep them out.

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