'It's repulsive!' Dem lawmaker torches Trump's tribute to Jan. 6 rioters

Former President Donald Trump's campaign over the weekend paid tribute to the violent rioters who stormed Congress on January 6th, 2021, and it left Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi visibly disgusted.

Appearing on CNN Monday, Krishnamoorthi was shown a clip from a Trump rally where a recording of jailed Capitol rioters singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" was played over the loudspeaker.

The announcer at the rally also described the jailed rioters as "horribly unfairly treated January 6th hostages," echoing rhetoric Trump has used in the past to describe the multiple convicted criminals who attacked a coequal branch of government on his behalf.

Krishnamoorthi reacted viscerally to the video.

"It's repulsive!" he exclaimed. "When he talks this way about the January 6th 'hostages,' it just reminder [voters] why they didn't like the guy in the first place. I think it's another problem for him politically, but I think from our standpoint as Democrats, we have to continue to talk about why democracy's on the ballot, not just Joe Biden."

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Susan Page, the Washington Bureau chief for USA Today, echoed the Illinois Democrat's sentiment that Trump and his campaign were waging war against democratic institutions.

"Call the January 6th defendants 'hostages' undermines our faith in the justice system... that has found them guilty and has sent them to jail," she said. "And then calling 94 percent of political reporters corrupt of dishonest... undermines the belief in another democratic institution."

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