Trump is the front runner in the Iowa Republican field for president according to recent polls and his own self-reporting.
The Independent reports Donald Trump will hold his Iowa campaign rally on the anniversary of the January 6, 2021 riots.
The former president will hold a “Commit to Caucus Rally” in Newton, Iowa, on 6 January 2024, three years after a mob of his supporters stormed the US Capitol, resulting in five deaths and several injuries. More than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection to the riot, and more than 500 have been sentenced.
Trump is currently facing four federal counts regarding his role in the January 6 riots: obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights. In Maine and Colorado, Trump has even been removed – pending any appeals – from the 2024 ballot for his role in the 6 January riots.
“When they first announced it was on Jan. 6, I didn’t even think anything of it,” Thad Nearmyer, GOP chair of encompassing Jasper County, Iowa, told The Daily Beast this week. “And then a little bit later it kind of occurred to me that that date has some significance. “
A 52-year-old conservative who raises hogs and cows, Nearmyer added, “I would imagine that will get brought up by him.” Nearmyer offered his own view of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack that a host of prosecutors and judges along with many Democrats and even some Republicans view as an assault on democracy itself.
“It wasn’t nearly as big of a deal as it was made out to be,” he said.