“You have suffered enough,” Trump said in front of more than a thousand supporters in a school gym in Clinton on Saturday (local time), the third anniversary of the storming of the Capitol. “I call them hostages. Some people call them prisoners.”
On January 6, 2021, radical supporters of the then-incumbent president attacked the headquarters of the US Congress following he called on them to march there and fight “no matter what.” More than 1,200 people have been charged for their involvement in the riots, and more than 900 have either pleaded guilty or been convicted following a trial.
Despite a hearing scheduled by the country’s Supreme Court on a possible pre-election exclusion, Trump was confident of victory: He would “win for the third time” in the presidential election in November, Trump said on Saturday – an allusion to his oft-refuted claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him through massive fraud. The Supreme Court had previously announced that it would consider Trump’s exclusion from the Colorado primary in early February.
In his two-hour speech to supporters in Newton, Trump accused current Democratic President Joe Biden of being responsible for economic decline and failing to prevent Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “I definitely would have stopped Putin,” Trump said. If Biden is re-elected, there is a risk of “World War III,” Trump said, adding: “This is our last chance to save America.”
Trump was indicted twice by the federal judiciary and in the state of Georgia for his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The trials might begin in the coming months and thus in the middle of the election campaign. Trump also faces additional charges.
In December, the Colorado Supreme Court also ruled that the right-wing populist would not be allowed to take part in the Republicans’ vote on their presidential candidate in that state because of his role in the storming of the Capitol. Trump then appealed to the Supreme Court in Washington.
On Friday, the Supreme Court announced an oral hearing for February 8th. The Supreme Court’s decision has far-reaching significance for the primaries. There are also efforts in other states to ban Trump from the primaries.
In the state of Maine, the election officer decided that the ex-president would not be allowed to run there. Trump’s lawyers also appealed once morest this decision, but initially at the Supreme Court of this state. Proceedings had also been initiated in other states to exclude Trump from the primaries. However, this was rejected in Michigan and Minnesota.
The expected ruling by the Supreme Court in Washington on Colorado would be binding nationwide. The Supreme Court in Washington has a majority of conservative judges.
His legal entanglements have not hurt Trump in the presidential race so far. He is the overwhelming favorite in the race for the Republican nomination and leads the polls by a large margin over his six internal party rivals. The Republican primaries begin on January 15th in Iowa.
The winner will face incumbent Biden in the presidential election on November 5th. There are also primaries for the Democrats. Since the 81-year-old has no serious competition, he is already almost certain as a presidential candidate.
Biden attacked Trump in sharp words on Friday. In a speech, the Democrat accused the right-wing populist of using Nazi rhetoric and posing a threat to democracy. “He is willing to sacrifice our democracy to gain power,” Biden said.
“He calls those who are once morest him vermin,” said the 81-year-old, referring to Trump. “He talks regarding Americans’ blood being poisoned (by migrants) and repeats the exact same language that was used in Nazi Germany.”
