The rally in support of the Jan. 6 attackers sends a clear message: If you commit acts of violence to help Trump, he and his supporters will have your back, DeanObeidallah writes.
This is nothing new — Trump has been leading that crusade for some time, baselessly claiming that the Jan. 6 attackers still behind bars “are being treated unbelievably unfairly. ” He’s also compared their treatment by law enforcement to other groups: “You look at people in prison and nothing happens to Antifa and they burned down cities and killed people.”
Whether or not the rally turns violent, the real damage lies in its bolstering of Trump’s dangerous message, and the possibility that the Jan. 6 attacks may be more than a one-off attempt by Trump and his supporters to overturn future elections using violence.from late July found that 55 percent of Trump voters view the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol as “defending freedom.” And among Republicans, only 39 percent “strongly disapprove” of the Jan. 6 attack — down from 51 percent in January.
Those poll numbers, along with recent DHS reports that “some conspiracy theories associated with reinstating former President Trump have included calls for violence if desired outcomes are not realized," are a wake-up call we cannot afford to ignore.The truth is that of the over 600 people arrested to date for their role in the Jan. 6 attack, “only a handful,” per the AP, have been denied bail because of thewhen considering a bail request from one of the Jan.
The court explained that this was reserved for only those “who actually assaulted police officers and broke through windows, doors, and barricades, and those who aided, conspired with, planned, or coordinated such actions.” And even then, the burden is on the prosecution to prove by “clear and convincing evidence” that there is “no condition or combination of conditions can be imposed that would reasonably assure the safety of the community” if the defendant was released on bail.
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