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Donald Trump promoted a protest on the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta the place he’s scheduled to give up on Thursday. Trump posted in regards to the protest on Fact Social, which can also be being promoted by allies who look like planning to journey from out of state to point out their assist for Trump.
Trump shared a screenshot of a tweet from Laura Loomer, an anti-Muslim bigot who was beforehand banned on Twitter earlier than Elon Musk purchased the social media platform in October 2022 and declared a type of amnesty for many individuals who’d beforehand been booted.
“RALLY IN SUPPORT OF OUR PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP,” Loomer tweeted on August 21 earlier than it was shared by Trump on Fact Social.
Loomer’s rally is deliberate for 10 a.m. ET on the Fulton County Jail and included the tackle in her on-line poster. Loomer additionally pressured that the rally must be peaceable, an vital factor to notice given the violence on January 6, 2021 on the U.S. Capitol.
Trump’s submit on Fact Social of Loomer’s announcement additionally included a screenshot of his personal Fact Social submit from earlier within the week.
“Are you able to imagine it? I’ll be going to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to be ARRESTED by a Radical Left District Lawyer, Fani Willis, who’s overseeing one of many biggest Homicide and Violent Crime DISASTERS in American Historical past,” Trump wrote on Fact Social on Monday.
“In my case, the journey to Atlanta isn’t for ‘Homicide,’ however for making a PERFECT PHONE CALL! She campaigned, and is continuous to marketing campaign, and lift cash on, this WITCH HUNT. That is in strict coordination with Crooked Joe Biden’s DOJ. It’s all about ELECTION INTERFERENCE!” Trump continued.
Trump has been charged with a prison conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election via a lot of totally different strategies in Georgia, together with a stress marketing campaign for election officers within the state to “discover” the exact variety of votes that he misplaced by. Audiotape of the cellphone name was printed on-line and is frankly stunning in its brazen disregard for election norms.
Trump is scheduled to be arrested on Thursday and a mug shot will reportedly be taken earlier than he’s launched on $200,000 bond, which was negotiated prematurely by his authorized workforce. Trump’s former private lawyer Rudy Giuliani surrendered in Georgia on Wednesday and was launched on $150,000 bond. Giuliani insists he was merely appearing as a lawyer for a involved citizen, however authorized representatives aren’t shielded from prosecution in the event that they interact in a prison conspiracy with their shopper.
Unusually, Trump just lately mused on Fact Social about fleeing to Russia relatively than face prices in Atlanta, a weird tangent that seems to have been carried out in jest, however you by no means can inform when Trump is actually “joking.”
The primary debate of the 2024 presidential cycle takes place tonight in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the place Trump has determined to not seem, regardless of being the frontrunner for the Republican Social gathering nomination. However it stays to be seen whether or not that can be a smart choice, since Trump’s absence will enable voters to think about a world with out Trump in it. And as Trump stares down the prospect of going to jail for a really very long time earlier than the election in November 2024, that’s most likely a great factor for a celebration that desperately must think about life after Trump.
It’s nonetheless too early to see how many individuals could present up on Thursday in Atlanta for the protest in assist of the previous president. However it’s definitely encouraging to see individuals selling a peaceable presence. The very last thing we’d like is one other January sixth.
