Will the Jan. 6 prisoner movement make it to the Republican National Convention stage? (GOPe in a panic)

semafor ^ | June 21, 2024 | Shelby Talcott

[Alter Kaker]

Donald Trump has loudly touted his support for the hundreds of Jan. 6 participants who’ve faced charges, convictions, and imprisonment all year. Now they’re ready for their close-up at the Republican convention — but there’s no indication that it’s coming.

The Republican National Committee and Trump campaign aides are keeping their cards close to the vest on any convention decisions. (An RNC official, when asked about possible plans surrounding Jan. 6 and the convention, said in a statement that “speculation on programming and speakers is just that.”) But a lawyer who’s been a key connector between Jan. 6 defendants and Trump’s campaign says he’s seen no indication planners are interested in taking up offers to have a speaker representing the cause be featured at the upcoming event.

“I made a few inquiries about that, but it didn’t really go nowhere,” said Joseph McBride, who told Semafor back in March that he hoped the movement would have a convention presence. “I don’t think you have any real interest of anybody outside of the immediate circle at the top.”

[plain talk]

The RNC convention is an excellent opportunity to educate a lot of Americans with facts as to exactly what happened and how justice has been politicized etc.

The dems will certainly feature their version of Jan 6 history at their convention. RNC — ignore the issue at your own peril.

[Publius]

They’re waiting for a Supreme Court decision to put the whole issue in focus.

[milagro]

“It didn’t really go nowhere”?
With “leaders” like this, “nowhere” is exactly where the GOP will go!

[Robert DeLong]

SEMAFOR is a global news organization founded in 2022 by Ben Smith, a former editor-in-chief of BuzzFeed News and media columnist at The New York Times, and Justin B. Smith, the former CEO of Bloomberg Media Group. The website aims to provide an unparalleled level of journalistic transparency, cutting through the noise of the news cycle with smart, distilled views and exploring competing perspectives across borders for a curious, global audience.

If I am not mistaken this Joseph McBride person is:

Attorney Joseph McBride, right, who represents several Jan. 6 defendants, arrives at federal court in Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. Judge Trevor McFadden, a federal judge in Washington, reprimanded McBride, whose withdrawal from a Jan. 6 defendant’s case led to a delay in the jailed man’s trial, but declined to refer him for disciplinary action

Let's just say, I see this as mostly BS, and if Republican RINO politicians have no interest, TFB, because they are on the way out themselves.

[cgbg]

Political prisoners are OK as long as the Democrats do it.

;-)