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  Trump is making the Jan. 6 attack a cornerstone of his bid for the White House
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Last EditedRP  Mar 19, 2024 06:25am
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AuthorLISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and JILL COLVIN
News DateTuesday, March 19, 2024 05:10:00 AM UTC0:0
Description Republican Donald Trump has launched his general election campaign not merely rewriting the history of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, but positioning the violent siege and its failed attempt to overturn the 2020 election as a cornerstone of his bid to return to the White House.

At a weekend rally in Ohio, his first as the presumed Republican Party presidential nominee, Trump stood onstage, his hand raised in salute to the brim of his red MAGA hat, as a recorded chorus of prisoners in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack sang the national anthem.

An announcer asked the crowd to please rise “for the horribly and unfairly treated January 6th hostages.” And people did, and sang along.

“They were unbelievable patriots,” Trump said as the recording ended.
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