The Trumpist terrorists are more than happy to remind us that even over the river in Cincy, more violence is coming and that all Democrats can do is prepare for the inevitable attacks from their Trumpist cult neighbors.
A few hours after President Trump was impeached for inciting an insurrection Wednesday, a group of Republicans gathered at a suburban Cincinnati movie theater.
The program? To hear firsthand from six Trump loyalists who attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington D. C. – the very rally that ended with a riot at the U.S. Capitol and the second impeachment for the president.
Federal agents are arresting those who stormed the Capitol, and virtually every Republican has denounced the violence.
Chris Hicks, a Clermont County Republican and leader of Clermont for Trump organization, wanted the public to hear from local people who went.
The 40 people who showed up to the R.J. Cinema and Distillery in Union Township Wednesday didn't blame Trump for the riot that ensued.
"I support him more than I ever did," Doug Gerrard, of Owensville, told The Enquirer outside the theater. "He still speaks for me. He's being attacked by the news media. He's being attacked by the Democrats, I don't think it's for any reason."
Recent polls show such views aren't unusual among Republicans. A Quinnipiac University poll out Monday shows majorities of Republicans believe there was widespread election fraud, do not hold Trump responsible for the storming of the Capitol, and see Trump as protecting, rather than undermining, democracy.
Hicks opened the night by asking the audience a few questions. Is their support for Trump increasing, decreasing or staying the same?
The mostly maskless audience used clickers to record their vote. On the big screen, a bar graph flashed showing 77% of the 40 people there liked the president more in the past week; 23% had the same opinion. Not one had a lower opinion of the president.
There's no possibility of unity with people who continue to deny reality, and continue to deny that a terrorist attack on the US Capitol was wrong, that voting to overturn the election was wrong, and that any of it is an actual problem in the first place.
These folks are ghouls and they will absolutely resort to violence again. If it's happening in Cincinnati, publicly and openly, where they are plotting more violence, more insurrectism, more attacks on local, state, and national government, and daring anyone to stop them before they execute, then I guarantee you it's happening where you are. They aren't going anywhere.
Trump still has strong support among Republican voters... In an Axios-Ipsos poll taken Tuesday and yesterday:
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) January 14, 2021
--64% of Rs said they support Trump's recent behavior.
--57% of Rs said Trump should be the 2024 GOP candidate. https://t.co/PlcLY0JoH9
They will be with us for a long time, and there will be violence every step of the way.
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