Trump demands immediate release of insurrectionists. Is he giving aid & comfort to the insurrection?

[Rhiannon12866]

Trump's recklessness knows no bounds. He's now calling for the members of the January 6 House select committee to be arrested for treason, and he is demanding the immediate release of all insurrectionists who have been indicted and/or convicted of attacking the US Capitol on January 6.

The federal law criminalizes not only engaging in rebellion or insurrection, but also outlaws "giving aid and comfort" to the insurrection. Do Trump's release demands constitute giving aid and comfort to the insurrectionists? - Glenn Kirschner - 03/10/2023.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Projection. You are the treasonous bastard that you accuse others of being.

May you get the prison sentence you deserve.

[Deuxcents]

2. Who is he to demand anything? He has multiple lawsuits n no creditability.. o, wait. The cult...

[Runningdawg]

3. I don't think it was his idea. For a couple months on R wing forums

they have been saying they won't vote for anyone who won't indict members of congress and release and pardon the prisoners. Looks like he finally got the message. Expect that to be the gold standard for a GOP candidate this term.

[orleans]

23. sounds like you've been scoping out the places a lot of us don't dare go...

for various reasons
so... thank you

[Runningdawg]

32. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

[C_U_L8R]

4. It's only going to get worse.

He really ought to have been arrested, even on Jan 6th. Traitors have to be dealt with or they'll keep trying.

[Martin Eden]

5. A 2nd term would be exponentially worse

Full. On. Fascist.

[DENVERPOPS]

21. and the majority of his time

if he was installed again as President would be countless destruction of many people, just for spite and his psychotic driven mentality.

Not unlike many of the classic Tyrants currently or in the horrific past........

He is the epitome of a psychotic narcissist, a psychopath, a woman hater, a rapist, and a pathological liar.........

[Martin Eden]

25. It's obvious Trump is all those things and more

So what does that say about the tens of millions of American citizens who voted for him twice and would do so again?

[sheshe2]

6. Trump "DEMANDS"?

He is nothing.

MSNBC tonight actually called him the disgraced former president.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. "The disgraced twice impeached former president!"

[sheshe2]

8. Boom!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. I've also heard MSNBC's Chris Jansing (who used to be my local Albany, NY news anchor)

Refer to him as "the former guy!"

[sheshe2]

14. It gets better and better.

[Rhiannon12866]

15. Her co-anchor was Ed Dague who was a local liberal icon

[LoisB]

9. Demands? Who is he to demand? He really is delusional.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. And getting even more delusional and unhinged by the day

And his deluded "supporters" think that this delusional insurrectionist who attempted to overthrow the government is the right individual to lead that government??

[LoisB]

27. Mind-boggling, isn't it? Until tRump, I had no idea there were so many ignorant, bigoted, stupid,

hateful people in this country.

[Rhiannon12866]

28. Same here, it's like he gave them permission to hate and unleashed something evil in this country

Same with the current RW members of Congress. They are supposedly elected to help their constituents, but instead have their own agenda which consists of "owning" the opposition and seeking money and power. Yet these deluded followers continue to vote for them - and I'm including my own New York district - we have Stefanik.

[LoisB]

29. Oh, I feel for you. Elise thought she was going to be in charge of something but Boebert and

Green got in her way. I've got Maxine Waters.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. Oh, I love Auntie Maxine! And how she continues to speak out!

And I have no idea how Stefanik manages to get reelected, she replaced a moderate Democrat who retired and I went to the meetup when he introduced his chosen successor and was impressed, made GOTV calls for him. There have been protests since she took office, but she's not only ignored and avoided them, she's gone full TFG. There was a local Republican gathering on election night in November and I was told that she took the opportunity to endorse him for 2024...

And after she made an idiot of herself on national TV alongside Gym Jordan during the impeachment hearings, these billboards went up in the district, I used to pass this one on my way home:

[LoisB]

31. I am hoping that by the end of this Congress enough voters tire of people like her and none of

the MAGA-nuts get re-elected.

[live love laugh]

11. Demanding

[SheltieLover]

12. Absolutely!

[C Moon]

13. President QAnon.

[Demobrat]

16. Where was he when they needed bail money?

[ShazzieB]

17. He demands!

He DEMANDS!

He really does think he's king! Whoa, major delusions of grandeur there dude!

[Bayard]

18. Not reckless, but crazier by the minute

I guess he never could be bothered to study the actual definition of treason and insurrection either. He is, indeed, guilty of both, and revels in it.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. He's never faced repercussions, so he believes he's above the law.

His father (and his money) always bailed him out of scrapes, so he believes it, that's why he made that infamous crack about shooting someone on Fifth Avenue.

[moniss]

19. Basically what the strategy of the GQP

and the Orange Ruski appears to be is to give the next round of insurrectionists the idea that what was done previously was perfectly alright. Enlisting the aid of their usual media apologists to help it along.

[Rhiannon12866]

24. He's still reveling in the insurrection that he called for, those were "his people,"

And those are the ones he's counting on for "support." Though it boggles the mind that he has the effrontery to run to lead a government that he attempted to overthrow.

[calimary]

22. Sure seems like it.

Whatever the good or smart or noble thing to do might be, trust him to do the total opposite.