The Vigil Keepers of January 6th

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The next year, Trump spoke at a fund-raiser for January 6th families held at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
47% : Then Trump himself was indicted, in four criminal cases, and he soon took to highlighting his own victimhood and martyrdom -- comparing himself to Jesus on the Cross, with wounds on his "beautiful" body.
46% : On June 28th, the Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors had overstepped in using the obstruction charge; Trump deemed the verdict "BIG NEWS!" and shared a post on Truth Social that called it "a massive victory for J6 political prisoners," many of whom, like Trump, are now likely to have the charge dropped.
45% : Then, in early July, the Supreme Court gave Trump broad immunity from prosecution for official actions he took while in office, suggesting that he may never be held to account for anything that happened on January 6th the way his supporters have been.
43% : If Trump wins, will he undo the Justice Department's biggest investigation ever in order to set them free?
41% : In 2022, advocates of those involved in January 6th began to suggest that Trump ought to do something to help his most loyal supporters; some were disappointed that he hadn't just pardoned them all before leaving office.
41% : Sometimes they'd just chat about their past, in Texas -- "Remember that armadillo we saw?" -- but frequently Jackson brought up Trump and his Presidential campaign.
40% : (According to a book about January 6th by the reporter Ryan J. Reilly, Trump had previously expressed interest in possibly bailing people out, until he learned that the federal system has no cash bail.)
32% : "We're with you," Trump told Witthoeft.
30% : Trump opened the campaign for his second Presidential term in Waco, Texas, the site of the infamous F.B.I. siege of the Branch Davidian compound.
24% : quickly identified the pernicious roots of his participation: his internet addiction, his alcohol abuse, his social isolation.")At rallies, Trump has connected his own legal fate to that of the J6ers, as they are being called, and of everyday citizens.
14% : Trump has called in to the vigil to talk to Witthoeft; Babbitt, an Air Force veteran who died with a bloodied Trump flag wrapped around her as a cape, has become something of a MAGA martyr.

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