Hundreds of demonstrators took to the United States Capitol grounds in Washington D.C. on Saturday, demanding the release of people incarcerated in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack.
The event failed to draw the massive pro-Trump crowds who gathered in January, and the area was heavily patrolled by law enforcement. Attendees hit on the usual themes—complaining about the media, and portraying themselves as the victims of state persecution.“Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt
—to the persecution of Jews under Nazi rule. Calling the D.C. jail a “gulag,” she read off a letter that she said was from an imprisoned rioter, who complained, “this reminds me of how the Jewish people were treated by the Nazis.” Tensions flared from time to time with counterprotesters. A man claiming to be an Afghanistan veteran showed up with a megaphone and spoke negatively about Trump and COVID. The crowd surged towards him and one man accused him of stolen valor. Capitol Police had to intervene to prevent violence.
The organizers of the “Justice for J6” rally believe that those still being detained at the D.C. jail for their alleged roles in the attacks—which unsuccessfully sought to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president despite a clear election victory–are languishing under unconstitutional conditions and being held as political prisoners.
They also somehow question whether the FBI played a role in the attack, even as they downplay the unprecedented assault on the rule of law that day.“We have almost a hundred people who were nonviolent protesters being held in solitary confinement,” Matt Braynard, a former Donald Trump campaign staffer and the event’s primary organizer, said in a video promoting the event. “All for walking through an open door and then walking out, never laying a finger on anyone or causing any violence.
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