Former President Donald Trump called for the release of Jan. 6 “hostages” during a Saturday campaign event.
Trump delivered a speech at an Iowa rally on the third anniversary of the Capitol riot railing against the treatment of those arrested Jan. 6, 2021, the Associated Press (AP) reported.
“You never hear about that, do you? You have the hostages. The J6 hostages, I call them. Nobody’s been treated ever in history so badly as those people,” Trump told his supporters.
The Jan 6 hostages pic.twitter.com/STPDs8RSIQ
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The former president reminded the crowd he urged rioters to “march peacefully and patriotically” the day of the incident. He compared his initial reaction to the Capitol riot to the rhetoric of Democratic California Rep. Maxine Waters, who he said urged protesters to “kill” Republicans while…
