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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday. Donald Trump stood up for rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, yet again on Thursday, this time from the national debate stage.
Trump’s comment was significant: It was yet another instance of him standing up for Jan. 6 defendants, who sought to prevent the peaceful transfer of power between presidents by sacking Congress. The vast majority of more than 1,400 defendants have either pleaded guilty or been found guilty at trial,, he said “many” Jan. 6 defendants were “patriots, they’re soldiers, they’re policemen,” and added that he would “absolutely be prepared” to issue pardons to some of them.
This is laughably false. Trump hyped the event for weeks, inviting his supporters to Washington, D.C., with tweets like, “Be there, will be wild!” In the months leading up to Jan. 6, hetheir actions were in response to Trump’s calls. In a speech before his supporters breached the Capitol, Trump told them: “We fight like hell. And if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.
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