The ‘Justice for J’ Rally is about supporting those who have been arrested for violence during the January 6 protest at the nation’s capitol that turned into violent effort to stop Congress from certifying the November Presidential election results….
Ever since a pro-Trump mob attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, Republicans have been trying to shift the national conversation away from that dark, violent day and onto what they say are the problems of the Biden administration: a troubled pullout from Afghanistan, an overtaxed southern border and rising inflation.
Then, a former campaign operative of President Donald J. Trump announced that he was organizing hundreds of protesters to return to the Capitol on Saturday for a rally in support of the defendants charged in connection with the deadly assault, which left dozens of officers bloodied.
Bad memories of the violence rushed back. The Capitol Police announced that they were reinstalling a security fence around the complex and were aware of “concerning online chatter” from extremist groups. And many Republican lawmakers, gritting their teeth, said they wanted nothing to do with the event. Not a single member of Congress has confirmed his or her attendance, even those who have been most outspoken in portraying the rioters as patriots who have been persecuted for their political beliefs.
“There are a lot of clearly angry people who want to march on the Capitol,” said Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the No. 2 Republican. “I haven’t talked to a single Republican up here in the Senate that has encouraged or enabled anything like that.”….
As New York magazine’s Jonathan Chait has written, Trump “has slowly turned January 6 from a black mark that threatened to expunge him from Republican politics, to a regrettable episode that his allies preferred to leave behind, to a glorious uprising behind which he could rally his adherents.”
There are still some Republicans who describe the riot as a violent attack on democracy. (One of them, Representative Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio, said yesterday he would not run for re-election.) But they often do so subtly, knowing that a full denunciation risks isolation from the party, as has happened to Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming. Many congressional Republicans have tried to distance themselves from tomorrow’s rally without condemning it.
One of the strongest condemnations — but still an indirect one — has come from former President George W. Bush. In a speech this past weekend, he seemed to compare the Jan. 6 rioters to the Sept. 11 terrorists….
…The main message from elected Republicans and high-profile conservative commentators is very different, and it seems to be influencing voters. During the week after the attack, 80 percent of Republicans said they opposed it, according to a Washington Post poll. By the summer, many attitudes had changed. More than half of Trump voters described the events of Jan. 6 as “patriotism” and “defending freedom,” according to a CBS News/YouGov poll in July.
And a CNN poll this month found that 78 percent of Republicans believed that the election was stolen from Trump — which was the original false rationale for the Jan. 6 rally that turned into the attack.
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Representative Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina cast those arrested after the riot as “political prisoners” and suggested he wanted to “try and bust them out.”
Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin described the attackers as “people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement.”
Senate Republicans blocked Congress from creating an independent commission to investigate the attack. Senator Mitch McConnell called it a partisan effort “to debate things that occurred in the past.”
Tucker Carlson of Fox News described the death of Ashli Babbitt — whom a police officer fatally shot as she tried to force her way through a barricade protecting members of Congress — as an execution, and asked whether federal officials are “now allowed to kill unarmed women who protest the regime.”
J.D. Vance, a best-selling author and Republican Senate candidate in Ohio, said that there were “some bad apples” but that “most of the people there were actually super peaceful.”
Julie Kelly of the journal American Greatness suggested Michael Fanone — a Washington police officer who suffered a heart attack and a brain injury during the attack — was lying about it, and called him a “crisis actor.”
Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia said on the House floor, “The people who breached the Capitol on Jan. 6 are being abused.”
Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona accused law enforcement of “harassing peaceful patriots” and “law-abiding U.S. citizens.”
Representative Jody Hice of Georgia said, “It was Trump supporters who lost their lives that day, not Trump supporters who were taking the lives of others.”
Four Republican House members staged actions at the Justice Department and a D.C. jail demanding information about the treatment of Jan. 6 defendants. One of them, Gosar, said the defendants were being “persecuted.”
Laura Ingraham claimed on Fox News that many other protests last year “were far worse than this.”
Carlson, Greene and Candace Owens, a conservative commentator, have all suggested that the F.B.I. or Justice Department was behind the riot.
Joe Kent — a Washington State Republican running with Trump’s endorsement against one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach Trump over Jan. 6 — plans to attend tomorrow’s rally, The Times reports…
By David Leonhardt and Ian Prasad Philbrick,
The New York Times Briefing
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/briefing/january-6-capitol-riot-rally.html
Yet Trump is fading away?
If more of these people came here for their information?They wouldn’t be saying that stuff.They would know that Trump won’t be a factor in their party much longer.They could read all about it here.
But wait!78% of them believe the election was stolen from Trump?
Gonzalez has bailed Kinzinger might be reapportioned out
Of his seat and Trump is maneuvering to have Liz Cheney go one on one with his endorsee?
Yeah the anti Trump wing of this party is sure getting ready fir his “fade away!”
Jack?
You kept boasting about his 90% numbers, Right?
Now it’s 70’s?
We ALL went to college ….
We KNOW that’s a drop….
Yup!
Trump & Co HAVE made it uncomfortable for SOME in their party…..
Others?
They have stayed to fight….
I haven’t mentioned that 90% since last years when it was 90% so quit lying.
What is remarkable is how you act as if 70% is somehow “bad.”
That’s ridiculous.
Trump remains far and away the most popular figure in the Republican Party.There is no organized opposition to him, your man crush on DeSantis notwithstanding.These polls you cite?
Mostly irrelevant,They assume that all those people will actually run.As I’ve stated on many occasions ,let’s see how many would actually run AGAINST Trump.I believe maybe only one or two and maybe none at all.
Further ,and as usual ,you totally misread these polls.Just because a Republican might name ,say your boy DeSantis ,as their favored candidate doesn’t mean that that person necessarily dislikes Trump or even opposes him.It just means he may find DeSantis or someone else a better candidate.You act as if that type person OPPOSES Trump which is gross misreading of what is being presented.
The simple fact is there is very little active opposition to Trump within the Republican Party at present .Let’s review some of those who do..
Liz Cheney…on Trumps hit list.Hes endorsed an opponent and is working to get others out of the race.3 have already dropped out .More will follow.Liz is at best 50/5o to survive.
Adam Kinzinger …might be redistricted out of his seat .Is not a major player and may be the subject of some kind of discipline from the Republican caucus.
Gonzales…has given up the fight
Pat Toomey…retiring.
Richard Burr.. retiring
Ben Sasse,,, has shut up since his scolding by Nebraska Republicans.
Mitt Romney.. is rarely heard from anymore.
Larry Hogan…strictly a Maryland phenomenon.Has no national following.
And the spoken of would be candidates?DeSantis, Cruz, Hawley Cotton ,Noem, Rubio, Scott (Rick and Tim) ,Haley…Every one of them,MAGA red hat wearing bootlickers.
Your obsession with predicting Trumps imminent demise is well known here.Youve been “predicting “ it for five years now.All things come to an end and Trump obviously will ,but there is nothing presently to indicate that it’s anywhere near happening .
70% is NOT 90%
Furthermore u acknowledge that 20% or so drop in the last 6+ month’s
NO ONE says Trump is NOT influential in the party
He is
But more and MORE he IS a has been
Some of his endorsements work
Some don’t
His crowds are thinner
His name less on the front pages
Quietly….
More and more GOP lawmakers dismiss the Trump crying about the election results
The ‘fact’ remans that Donald Trump
Like all ‘losing’ American President’s find their political status slipping away the second AP calls their loss…..
Trump has been no different
Teasing about running fir the job he lost has not stopped other GOPer’s from doing early campaigning
He has NOT ‘frozen’ the feild
Trump has some rough political and legal headwinds to deal with going ahead…..
Yes you’ve had Trump in “ legal trouble” for years.
It’s another one of those “monkey at the keyboard” moments.
You keep posting these alledged “problems” and nothing happens.
One day maybe something will and then ,ignoring these posts over the past five years,you will greet us with your well known..
“Told ya so!”
We’ve all seen this routine before.
Nevertheless Jack….
DJT IS the subject of NUMEROUS legal investigations in SEVERAL states…
As you know counseler…
These things take time…
For the criminal ones?
It is unknown if formal charges will be filed….
There are also civil case’s that ARE in the courts and more maybe coming down…
Yes this IS routine for Trump who maintains a stable of lawyers…
But?
The seriousness of these cases could spoil the Trump days in the future…
And yes Jack….
It they derail his political and future livelyhood?
You WILL get a ‘I told ya so ‘ from me….
Bet on it….
Monkey at his keyboard.
Since you seem intent on making yourself look as ridiculous as possible?
Carry on!
How childish….
Pot meet kettle
Told ya so!
It’s complicated
And people can be more than one thing!
There IS a commission…..
Over 500 people HAVE been arrested….
Biden IS the President….
And most lawmakers are QUIET about tomorrow’s Rally….
Donald Trump is contouring to be what he has ALWAYS been….
A Bull Shitiing Show man…..
And the leader of the Republican Party. Jack is right of course. In in the face of this “retirement” you still insist that Trump is on his way out. From the Left Coast he rules the Republican Party.