Former President Donald Trump faced pushback from some of his fellow Republicans for calling the Jan. 6 rioters being held in prison “patriots” and “hostages.'
Trump opened his campaign rally for GOP Senate hopeful Bernie Moreno on Saturday by playing a recording of the national anthem sung by the Jan. 6 choir, a group of Capitol rioters currently serving time in a Washington D.C.-based prison. The former president went on to describe those singing as “unbelievable patriots.”
Republicans were pressed on the comments while appearing on Sunday shows the next morning, and a number were quick to distance themselves from Trump’s remarks. “It’s very unfortunate in a time when there are American hostages being held in Gaza, that the President or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our justice system as hostages — it’s just unacceptable,” former Vice President“I do not think it’s appropriate. We’re a nation of laws, and those folks were convicted,” Cassidy said. “If you plead guilty, i.e., obviously, you’re not a patriot. You’re somebody who committed a criminal act.”“I don’t believe they’re hostages.
“This is going to be, you know, a continuing legal process,” he continued. “This president obviously has very strong personal views on this.”
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