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brooklynite

(94,489 posts)
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:42 AM Sep 2022

Trump Called In to a Pro-January 6 Rally at the DC Jail

Source: Washingtonian

Former President Trump called into a small rally held in support of January 6 prisoners at the DC Jail Tuesday. He phoned Micki Witthoeft, whose daughter Ashli Babbitt was killed during the assault Trump supporters led on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. His appearance via telephone forced a quick end to a rally segment when a speaker named “John, aka DJ Jerome, the MAGA muscleman” called in and made jokes about Prince Andrew adopting Queen Elizabeth’s corgis.

Trump appeared to describe the imprisonment of January 6 suspects as “a terrible thing that has happened to a lot of people that are being treated very, very unfairly” and complained about Michael Byrd, the US Capitol Police officer who shot Babbitt, appearing on television, which he said was a “disgrace.”

“We’re with you, we’re working with a lot of different people on this and we can’t let this happen, this has never happened before,” Trump said. Again apparently referring to the January 6 prisoners, he said “It’s a disgrace to our country and it just cannot be allowed to happen.”

The end of the call appeared to be disrupted by a heckler. Witthoeft thanked Trump for calling in and said, “I know the men inside appreciate you.”



Read more: https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/09/14/trump-called-in-to-a-pro-january-6-rally-at-the-dc-jail/
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Trump Called In to a Pro-January 6 Rally at the DC Jail (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2022 OP
If Trump had conceded, that woman's daughter would still be alive Walleye Sep 2022 #1
+++ agree. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2022 #28
And it makes me very sad to think that Walleye Sep 2022 #29
and the con continues vlyons Sep 2022 #2
The rally was outside the jail. brooklynite Sep 2022 #3
Ugh Lemon Lyman Sep 2022 #4
As he wanders around doing what he damn well pleases ... with the potential RKP5637 Sep 2022 #5
People !!!! DENVERPOPS Sep 2022 #30
it's about time Hieronymus Phact Sep 2022 #32
They seem to be leaning into the treason now. TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #6
Where did I see this the other day? Initech Sep 2022 #8
Hitler and Goebbels would have loved this country today, what an easy overthrow. The ass has far RKP5637 Sep 2022 #11
Don't have to wonder how average people fell for the Nazis. We're watching it happen in real time. Initech Sep 2022 #27
Agreed DENVERPOPS Sep 2022 #31
It will take major extremities. The Grand Illuminist Sep 2022 #35
Leaning into all they got with their level of lawyers...political prosecution! Clinton, Hunter! Alexander Of Assyria Sep 2022 #10
Yup, the GOP has already been comparing Mike Lindell's phone to Hunter's laptop. Initech Sep 2022 #33
Ashlii Babbit's killer was Ashlii Babbit. Initech Sep 2022 #7
"A good guy with a gun" Jimbo S Sep 2022 #24
It's a full-throttled political party committed to bringing down the State bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #9
Ditto for the MSM, semi-fascists looking away from the full throttle fascism! Why?? Alexander Of Assyria Sep 2022 #12
... but yet they will still probably get a sizable vote. I just don't get it anymore. I never RKP5637 Sep 2022 #14
Time was they read UFO magazines, but they were always there bucolic_frolic Sep 2022 #20
Agreed Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #21
I think it reeks of desperation. Canoe52 Sep 2022 #13
Mary Surratt just called and told Trump to go fuck himself obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #15
Ford's Theatre has a Museum in the basement which was very impressive. Surratt's boarding house was Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #19
If it wasn't for trump purr-rat beauty Sep 2022 #16
Has any of them Traildogbob Sep 2022 #17
Of course not. The_Casual_Observer Sep 2022 #23
We'll miss TFG when he passes. usonian Sep 2022 #18
Oh for Pete's sake Donald PatSeg Sep 2022 #22
I hope the January 6 committee takes note of that and adds it to the evidence. ificandream Sep 2022 #25
Real party of 'law and order' you got there, Donald. sinkingfeeling Sep 2022 #26
I am soooo OldkySoul Sep 2022 #34

Lemon Lyman

(1,349 posts)
4. Ugh
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:50 AM
Sep 2022

Cheese-N-Rice his stupid a*s vocabulary drive me nuts "very very unfairly" !

Maybe he can join them soon, so they can have their kumbaya sessions together.

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
5. As he wanders around doing what he damn well pleases ... with the potential
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:50 AM
Sep 2022

charges against him as a threat to national security, etc., I'll surprised he has this much free rein ... and isn't another rally of his planned soon ... He keeps the maggot pot stirred up.

DENVERPOPS

(8,806 posts)
30. People !!!!
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 02:11 PM
Sep 2022

You ain't seen nothing yet.....their intensity will pick up dramatically as we near the 2022 election.

And don't forget to watch for their ubiquitous "OCTOBER SURPRISE" they pull every election to swing the last minute voters.
Comey pulled it off in 2016 and it worked........as it has in many other elections......

Come election night and the next day, KATIE BAR THE DOOR........

TheRealNorth

(9,475 posts)
6. They seem to be leaning into the treason now.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:52 AM
Sep 2022

That's what happens when it is not punished. It becomes a dress rehearsal for what comes next.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
8. Where did I see this the other day?
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:54 AM
Sep 2022

That a failed coup is a dress rehearsal for a successful one? That seems to be what they are doing right now. They need to be stopped!

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
11. Hitler and Goebbels would have loved this country today, what an easy overthrow. The ass has far
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:59 AM
Sep 2022

too much free rein for the potential charges against him IMO.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
27. Don't have to wonder how average people fell for the Nazis. We're watching it happen in real time.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:47 PM
Sep 2022
 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
10. Leaning into all they got with their level of lawyers...political prosecution! Clinton, Hunter!
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:58 AM
Sep 2022

It’s so pathetic we gonna need a new word. Semi-pathetic semi- fascists?…much too mild.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
33. Yup, the GOP has already been comparing Mike Lindell's phone to Hunter's laptop.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 02:29 PM
Sep 2022

That didn't take long. They're beating a dead horse at this point.

Initech

(100,060 posts)
7. Ashlii Babbit's killer was Ashlii Babbit.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:53 AM
Sep 2022

Had she not gone down the conspiracy theory wormhole on social media, she'd still be alive today. But no, it's the perfect example of how living in an echo chamber totally fucks with your head.

bucolic_frolic

(43,123 posts)
9. It's a full-throttled political party committed to bringing down the State
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:56 AM
Sep 2022

They have no shame and apparently no awareness.

RKP5637

(67,102 posts)
14. ... but yet they will still probably get a sizable vote. I just don't get it anymore. I never
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:02 PM
Sep 2022

ever thought I would see/live the US so susceptible to this crap.

obamanut2012

(26,064 posts)
15. Mary Surratt just called and told Trump to go fuck himself
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:02 PM
Sep 2022

At least the J6 assholes are getting a legal trial, and not a military kangaroo court.

Fuck Trump and everyone who ever enabled him from 2014 through now. That includes everyone who refused to vote for HRC because of the fake excuse of butter.

Evolve Dammit

(16,723 posts)
19. Ford's Theatre has a Museum in the basement which was very impressive. Surratt's boarding house was
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:36 PM
Sep 2022

a Chinese Restaurant last time I visited the area. I agree with your sentiment.

Traildogbob

(8,709 posts)
17. Has any of them
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 12:25 PM
Sep 2022

Ever mentioned the others that died, police or the trampled trump humper women. Stomped to death by trump humpers………ever?

PatSeg

(47,370 posts)
22. Oh for Pete's sake Donald
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:04 PM
Sep 2022

It "has never happened before", because we've never had a president who incited a riot against congress before. THAT is "a disgrace to our country" you idiot.

I can't believe that those fools still don't see that he doesn't care about them - he does and says these things to protect himself.

ificandream

(9,360 posts)
25. I hope the January 6 committee takes note of that and adds it to the evidence.
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 01:32 PM
Sep 2022

That confirms his backing of the insurrection and support of the rioters. Did somebody say treason?

OldkySoul

(38 posts)
34. I am soooo
Wed Sep 14, 2022, 11:47 PM
Sep 2022

damn tired of seeing and hearing about this sorry example of a person...there's enough evidence to put him away 100 times over....I just want him gone, even if only a few years. Maybe it would be enough to break this hypnotic spell he has over his followers.

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