i want to bring an ronald, a medicare insurance agent and retired farmer from ankeny, iowa. thanks for being. here he s a republican who s said he supporting nikki haley and the. he s also have it not federal, thank you for your service as well. what s your question for the governor? thank you. first, off from one veteran to another, i respectfully thank you for your service to our nation. likewise, thank you. please give me your definition of patriotism. did the january 6th insurrectionists display patriotism, as some of them claim they did? no, of course not. that was not a good day for the country. i think the media has taken that and i think the left has taken that. and really try to politicize it. but it was not a good for the country. patriotism, to me, is willing to put yourself out there and put surface above self. you served, anyone that serves in the military, their writing a check, payable to united states america for and about up to and including your life.
[ laughter ] my god i think it s despicable, seriously, not just a president but any person to say that. to say it to the whole world listening. when i was overseas. anyway, trump s assault on democracy isn t just part of his past, it s what he s promising for the future. he s being straightforward. he s not hiding the ball. his first rally for the 2024 campaign opened with a choir of january 6th insurrectionists singing from prison on a cell phone. while images of the january 6th riot played on a big screen behind him at his rally. can you believe that. this is like something out of a fairy tale. bad fairy tale. trump began his 2024 campaign by
the government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracies. six of them were found guilty of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because
of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because
the other side has changed this chamber where slavery was abolished where medicare and everything else was instituted they turned it into a puppet show. and you know what, the puppeteer, donald trump, is shining a light on strings. you look miserable. you look miserable. the only advantage to all of this is that instead of reversing what we did on the ira to save the planet or reversing what we did to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. schiff is just the third lawmaker this century the last being republican congressman paul gosar who in 20201 was censured after posting a simulated animation of himself killing another member of congress and attacking president biden. the january 6th insurrectionists who pushed a stun gun on the neck of officer michael fanone will spend more than a decade in