Showing posts with label glorification of January 6 rioters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glorification of January 6 rioters. Show all posts

Friday, October 18, 2024

Trump criticized for comparing Jan. 6 defendants to WWII Japanese internment; The Washington Post, October 18, 2024

 , The Washington Post; Trump criticized for comparing Jan. 6 defendants to WWII Japanese internment

"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump compared the detention of his supporters who have been charged or convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol to the mass imprisonment of people of Japanese descent without charges during World War II.

The remark, in an interview with pro-Trump radio host Dan Bongino that aired on Friday, was the latest escalation in Trump’s defense and glorification of charged and convicted rioters, including some who attacked police officers. Trump has repeatedly pledged to pardon the defendants and called for their immediate release."