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Laura Coates Live

Trump Praises January 6 Rioters As “Warriors”

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Donald Trump tries to rewrite the history of January 6th yet again as he rebrands those who stormed the Capitol. Plus, what we’re learning about Trump’s interview with his probation officer and what it might mean for his chances at sentencing. Also, Elon Musk is making a threat, mad at Apple over their deal with OpenAI.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight Donald Trump tries to rewrite the history of January 6th yet again as he now

0:08.3

rebrands those who storm the Capitol. Plus Trump's interview with his probation officer what we're learning

0:14.6

about his virtual sit-down and what it might mean for his chances at sentencing and new

0:19.7

tonight Elon Musk mad at Apple over their deal with Open AI, the threat he's now making.

0:27.0

Good evening, I'm Jim Acosta in for Laura Coates on this Monday night. For

0:37.0

months Donald Trump has repeatedly referred to January 6 rioters as hostages.

0:41.9

There's obviously no truth to that but Trump has

0:44.2

been much of his campaign constructing an alternate reality for his

0:48.4

supporters so they can believe a different narrative when it comes to

0:51.9

January 6th, one that paints the former

0:54.0

president as the real victim of the 2020 race, the race he lost, the race he tried

0:59.3

to overturn, but now Trump is road testing a new nickname for the people who attacked the capital

1:06.7

Those J6 warriors they were warriors, but they were really more than anything else

1:10.9

They're victims of what happened.

1:13.2

All they were doing is protesting a rigged election.

1:16.0

That's what they were doing.

1:18.6

And then the police say, go in, go in, go in.

1:21.6

What a setup that was. What a horrible, horrible thing. And you know that blows two ways.

1:28.5

Warriors, he called them. A reality check. If anyone was a warrior that day, January 6th, it was the brave police

1:35.8

officers who faced their wrath trying to defend the capital. People like my next guest,

1:40.5

Sergeant Akaolina Ginnell, who was attacked and beaten as he tried to hold the

1:45.0

line on January 6th.

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