Trump Defends Capitol Attackers: 'They Are Waving the American Flag and They Love Our Country'

[DonViejo]

By Aidan McLaughlin Mar 25th, 2021, 10:40 pm

Donald Trump, the self-styled law and order president, delivered an extensive defense of his supporters who violently ransacked the Capitol in January, beating police and forcing the evacuation of Congress during the certification of the 2020 election.

In an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday night, Trump complained that the rioters who attacked the Capitol are being prosecuted, while decrying Antifa and Black Lives Matter as violent and deadly groups.

“They don’t go after those people, but they go after people, I guess you would call them lean toward the right, and they wave American flags, in many cases, they are waving the American flag, and they love our country,” Trump said, notably leaving out the violent attacks and more than 100 police officers injured by his supporters. “And to those people, they are arresting them by the dozens, but they don’t go after Antifa, who kill people, by the way.”

Federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin, who until last week led the prosecution against the Capitol attackers told 60 Minutes the Justice Department has “over 400 criminal cases.”

more + video
https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-defends-capitol-attackers-they-are-waving-the-american-flag-and-they-love-our-country/

[bullimiami]

1. Enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. Evil pos.

[Evolve Dammit]

2. It's his alternate universe H warned us about in 2016. He is deranged and a domestic threat. nt

[Harker]

3. He probably thinks he can still pardon them. n/t

[Retrograde]

4. They may love their country

but they hate half the people in the United States. IMHO, when Donnie refers to "our country" he either means the part he owns, or the part that voted for him: anything and anyone else doesn't matter.

[Caliman73]

5. What about the confederate battle flag and the Nazi shirts they were also sporting?

Those people "love" a certain concept of America, but certainly not the ideals that were put into the founding documents. They love Trump's version of America, a disgusting White Supremacist version where an authoritarian government serves the needs of the wealthy and oppresses people of color.


Of course he only goes on Fox because he doesn't get any push back. I would have said, "The people you are describing killed a police officer by beating him with one of those flags you praised them for carrying. They injured more than 100 other police officers and caused 33 million dollars in damage." Also, "Please cite evidence from a reputable source that shows Antifascist groups killing anyone".

[JHB]

23. And the TRUMP flags. There were more of those than US flags...

...and they tore the US flag down to put a TRUMP one up.

[Cha]

6. GFY Traitortrump.. you're NOT

Fooling anybody Except your Braindead cult.

They were on a murderous rampage at your incitement.. they're going to prison.. you need to join them if you think it's so fucking righteous.

[dalton99a]

7. Kick

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[Cha]

8. NO.. they don't "love their

country.. "

They're willing to sell it out to Putin because of the sick adoration of all things Traitortrump.

[DallasNE]

9. Yeah, They Were Waving The American Flag Down Hard

On the Capitol police. And spearing them with it as well. 140 Capitol police where injured in the melee That is some waving..

[duforsure]

10. Once again trump uses the tactic of projection because he knows he's in trouble,

Projecting the opposite of the truth is a constant pattern from trump. He's done this over and over many times. Project Obama wasn't born in the USA, Hillary was running a corrupt foundation, Biden and his son are criminals, and on and on. He knows he will be linked with the insurrectionists, so now he's desperately trying to make them look better, like he tried to do with the nazi's and other hate groups by calling them good people. He's projecting the election was stolen after he tried and failed to steal it, and still now is trying to corrupt upcoming elections. His pattern of projecting the opposite of the truth is also not working as well for him now, and he's desperate. He's trying to build support for another attack for him, before he's held accountable for anything.

[bucolic_frolic]

11. If a sane man said that he'd be under observation pronto

Former guy - XPFG45 - is crazy. Lunatic. It's beyond a defense mechanism, he's just plain nuts.

[SansACause]

12. They literally smeared shit on the walls.

And if by American flag you mean Confederate flag, yeah, they did wave that.

[Initech]

15. That is not human behavior. That is animal behavior.

These assholes make me embarrassed to be part of the same species.

[rickyhall]

13. I'm way passed giving a fuck what that seditious bastard has to say.

[Initech]

14. Ok Trump, let me ask you this:

What part of loving your country involves storming the Capitol, urinating in the offices of elected officials, threatening to murder the Vice President, stealing things from the Capitol, murdering police officers, and smearing poop on the walls?

[Rustyeye77]

16. Just go away already

ESAD

[scarytomcat]

17. and yet they have no idea what most Americans think

lost in wrong headedness
SAD very sad

[Kid Berwyn]

18. What they chatted about online.

Prosecutors release online chats detailing ‘alliance’ between fascist groups ahead of January 6 assault on US Capitol

Jacob Crosse
World Socialist Web Site, 25 March 2021

For the first time, federal prosecutors have released communications revealing that members of the far-right Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and III Percenters militia groups coordinated and communicated ahead of the January 6 siege on the Capitol.

Arguing against a request for release from pretrial detention, federal prosecutors on Tuesday released partial communication logs between previously indicted Florida Oath Keeper leader Kelly Meggs and an unnamed individual. The logs reveal that nearly a month before the assault on the Capitol, Oath Keeper members were planning to overturn the election through violent force with fellow fascist groups.

According to government documents, in a December 19, 2020 message, Meggs boasted “this week I organized an alliance between Oath Keepers, Florida 3%ers, and Proud Boys. We have decided to work together and shut this sh*t down.”

Snip...

While there is no doubt that fascist militias led the charge on the Capitol and that prosecutors have charged hundreds of the foot soldiers, the actual organizers of the “Stop the Steal” rallies, Representatives Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama, have not been charged, despite the fact that they enjoy close relations with the aforementioned fascist groups.

Continues...

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/25/oath-m25.html

[DFW]

19. Oh, right. They were waving the American flag, alright.

[tavernier]

20. He thinks the Trump flag is now the official American flag.

I watched as they removed my flag and threw it over the railing and hitched up a trump flag in place of it. Of all the things that happened on January 6, that act made me cry and almost vomit.

[Stuart G]

21. Thank You for Posting...Trump has defined himself forever with this statement..

"They love our country", Trump said. "....wave American flags, they are waving the American flag, and they
love our country."

..........Stupid is Stupid....., and it will always be..."STUPID".....

Trump is much too stupid to know that he is....".STUPID"...!!!

A smart person knows when to ...."shut up"..., Trump hasn't got a clue...never has, and never will.!!!

[DSandra]

22. Fuck that Madman Loser who almost fully drove America into the ground

Quite possibly the most selfish person in the history of America.