{"id":56596,"date":"2023-03-26T12:02:27","date_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56596"},"modified":"2023-03-26T12:02:27","modified_gmt":"2023-03-26T19:02:27","slug":"the-wacko-in-waco-trump-lavishes-praise-on-fox-news-and-the-january-6th-insurrectionists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56596","title":{"rendered":"The Wacko in Waco: Trump Lavishes Praise on Fox News and the January 6th Insurrectionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no coincidence that Donald Trump chose Waco, Texas, to hold his first official campaign rally for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. It&#8217;s a city best known as the home of a radical cult that went to war with the police and the U.S. government. Which is a pretty good description of Trump&#8217;s MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=The Wacko in Waco: Trump Lavishes Praise on Fox News and the January 6th Insurrectionists%0D&#038;url=https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56596\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to Tweet this article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-qanon-shaman-fox.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump, Fox News, QAnon\" width=\"550\" height=\"296\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49654\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Trump opened his Waco cult rally by playing the hokey song recorded by January 6th insurrectionists currently in prison for everything from criminal trespassing to obstructing Congress to seditious conspiracy. And to make that even worse, he accompanied the song with big screen images of the riots in progress. So while he has blatantly lied that he never intended to incite the violence, he is now glorifying it, exalting the perpetrators, and fomenting more violence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56236\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Post Urges His Cult Followers to Take Up Arms and \u2018Physically Fight\u2019 for the Presidency<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following that opening, Trump spent much of the rest of his speech whining about the investigations of his numerous crimes. He complained about the prospect of his being indicted and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56458\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lashed out viciously at the prosecutors<\/a><\/strong>. He spent barely any time at all on actual issues that affect the American people. If nothing else, this speech revealed what will likely be Trump&#8217;s campaign slogan for the 2024 presidential cycle. and it isn&#8217;t <em>&#8220;Keep America Great.&#8221;<\/em> It&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Keep Me Out of Prison.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56585\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Warns of \u2018Death and Destruction\u2019 if He is Indicted for Crimes that He Actually Committed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s defense of the January 6th rioters isn&#8217;t his first foray into supporting these treasonous thugs. In December <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=55590\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trump promised to halt their prosecutions if he were to return to the white House<\/a><\/strong>. Which is just another good reason to prevent that from ever happening. But his Waco address showed that he is committed to rewarding the domestic terrorists who assaulted America&#8217;s seat of democracy&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Under Joe Biden American patriots are being arrested and held in captivity like animals. Look at what&#8217;s happening in Washington. [&#8230;] These are people that shouldn&#8217;t have been there. And when you look at the Tucker Carlson tapes from two weeks ago, and you see so many things that turned out to be false. Very important what Tucker&#8217;s done. What Sean has done. What Laura did. Laura did a piece last night that was incredible.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trump: When you look at the Tucker Carlson tapes and you see so many things that turned out to be false <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TaRbIohAR1\">pic.twitter.com\/TaRbIohAR1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Acyn (@Acyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1639781887458660352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It isn&#8217;t surprising that Trump would lean on his favorite Fox News sycophants to support his celebration of the January 6th assault. Tucker Carlson, in particular, has spearheaded Fox&#8217;s whitewashing of the rampaging StormTrumpers. Neither Trump, nor Carlson, nor the rest of Fox News cared at all about the 140+ law enforcement officers who were injured, or the millions of dollars of damage to the Capitol, or the harm to the very concept of democracy.<\/p>\n<p>To the contrary, they all applauded the mayhem and destruction conducted on Trump&#8217;s behalf. They crave the authoritarian dictatorship that Trump aspires to. And they will distort reality to fit their grotesque lust for what America should become under Trumpism. It&#8217;s what Trump was referring to when he spoke of <em>&#8220;the Carlson tapes,&#8221;<\/em> which were actually videos from the Capitol when it was being attacked. And despite <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56379\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">having exclusive access to 41,000 hours of video<\/a><\/strong>, Carlson utterly failed to present any coherent argument that the rioters were merely innocent and peaceful tourists, as he claimed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE THIS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=56472\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tucker Carlson Spins January 6th Insurrection Videos to Spread Blatant Lies, Trump Praises Him<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In his speech, Trump also laid out his vision for the near future as he embarks on his presidential campaign&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;2024 is the final battle. That&#8217;s going to be the big one. You put me back in the White House, their reign will be over. And America will be a free nation once again. Our enemies are desperate to stop us, because they know that we are the only ones who can stop them.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So Trump is framing this as an apocalyptic clash that will determine the fate of humankind. He positions himself as the one and only Savior of humanity. And he calls his political opponents <em>&#8220;enemies.&#8221;<\/em> All of that is purposefully designed to rile up his glassy-eyed cult followers and prepare them to fight for his ascendency to the throne.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that Trump&#8217;s grunts are too weak, stupid, and lazy to pose any real threat. And while some individual crackpots could still cause serious harm on a small scale, Trump&#8217;s incendiary and subversive schemes are destined to fail, as long as the rest of the nation (the vast majority) remain vigilant, unified, and committed to the principles of freedom and democracy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Be sure to visit and follow News Corpse<br \/>\non <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsCorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/newscorpse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/newsie.social\/@NewsCorpse\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mastodon<\/a>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>And check out my books on Amazon:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2aOYFpM\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Nation vs. Reality:<br \/>\nThe Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>Thanks so much for your support.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no coincidence that Donald Trump chose Waco, Texas, to hold his first official campaign rally for the 2024 Republican nomination for president. It&#8217;s a city best known as the home of a radical cult that went to war with the police and the U.S. government. Which is a pretty good description of Trump&#8217;s MAGA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[152,1,684,1200,8,16],"tags":[554,1140,33,1432,1470,25],"class_list":["post-56596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-election","category-general","category-media-bias","category-politics","category-propaganda","category-wankery","tag-donald-trump","tag-election","tag-fox-news","tag-insurrection","tag-january-6th","tag-tucker-carlson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/..\/Pix\/Trump\/trump-qanon-shaman-fox.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Ijg-eIQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60578,"url":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=60578","url_meta":{"origin":56596,"position":0},"title":"Trump&#8217;s Promise to Free January 6 Insurrectionists is a Recruiting Plan for the Next Insurrection","author":"Mark NC","date":"3\/13\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"The 2024 campaign platform for Donald Trump has been conspicuously devoid of any rational substance. 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