‘Visibly Disgusted’ Reaction From Crowd Goes Viral As Trump Claims Jan. 6 Was A ‘Day Of Love’ At Hispanic Town Hall

Members of the audience at a town hall gasped as former President Donald Trump described Jan. 6 as a “day of love” and downplayed the violent clash at the Capitol.

Questioner Ramiro Gonzalez, a Republican construction worker from Tampa, said he wanted to give Trump “a chance to try to get my vote back,” then issued a series of strong statements during Univision’s town hall this week

Trump’s response prompted a response from the audience that has since gone viral, as he said “nothing wrong was done” that day, and one site said the audience was “visibly showing their disgust” and garnered nearly 3 million views.

The Kamala Harris campaign also posted it on X, in a post that expands on the bemused expressions of audience members during the Spanish network’s broadcast.

The questioner thanked Trump and said he would appreciate an answer, after asking about “your action and perhaps your inaction during your presidency and the last few years.”

“You waited so long to take action while your supporters were attacking the Capitol,” Gonzalez asked him. He said he thought the public was “misled” about the coronavirus, as well as “people in your administration who don’t support you.”

Former President Donald Trump faced a tough question from a Republican who wanted to know why he should support Trump after he “waited so long to take action” on January 6.

“Why would he want to support you … your own vice president doesn’t want to support you,” he said.

Trump issued a wide-ranging response as his interrogator looked on. A quick camera cut during his response showed a number of women voters looking on. One woman cracked her head when Trump spoke about the January 6 toll.

Trump began his response by gently admonishing Vice President Mike Pence, who rejected his calls to reject certified votes from states Trump lost. Pence has said he will not vote for Trump and has refused to endorse him.

“The vice president, I don’t agree with him on what he did,” Trump said. ‘I totally disagree with him in what he did. Very important, you had hundreds of thousands of people come to Washington. They didn’t come for me, they came for the election,” Trump said.

‘They thought the elections were rigged and that’s why they came. Some of those people went down to the Capitol. I said, ‘peacefully and patriotically,’ nothing wrong has been done, at all,” he continued.

A panning camera from the audience received severe reactions as Trump gave his response

Trump said ‘nothing wrong was done’

The Justice Department says 140 law enforcement officers were injured that day in the melee

Kamala Harris’ campaign released an image of a woman’s apparently skeptical reaction during Trump’s response on Jan. 6

‘Nothing wrong has been done. And action was taken: strong action. Ashli ​​Babbitt was killed, nobody was killed,” Trump said, as a camera panned the audience.

A woman in a striped shirt grimaced and shook her head at that comment, while two other women stared ahead.

‘There were no guns down there, we had no guns. The others had guns, but we didn’t. When I say ‘we’, these are people who came down, that was a small percentage of the total.”

“That was a small percentage of the total, that nobody sees and nobody shows. But that was a day of love for the plight of millions — it’s like hundreds of thousands,” Trump said. He called it “the greatest group I’ve ever spoken to.”

The Justice Department has said 140 officers were assaulted that day, about 80 from the Capitol Police and 60 from the DC Metropolitan Police.

More than 1,265 defendants have been charged.

The issue of deaths is complicated.

Officers shot Trump supporter Ashli ​​Babbitt as she stood steps from the House chamber as rioters tried to break down a locked door. US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who was attacked by the mob, died on January 7. Two police officers committed suicide immediately afterwards.

Roseanne Boyland’s death may have been caused by a stampede, Kevin Greeson died of a heart attack, and Trump supporter Benjamin Philips died of a stroke.

The viral moment is just the latest in a series of moments around Jan. 6 that have been inserted into the campaign, including during the vice presidential debate, when Sen. JD Vance refused to say that President Biden won the election.

During a Bloomberg News interview this week, Trump pushed back when his interviewer called the end of his term the “worst transfer of power” in a long time.

“I left the morning I was supposed to leave. I went to Florida and you had a very smooth transition,” Trump said.

‘And some people went to the Capitol, and many strange things happened there. A lot of weird stuff with people being roughed up by the police at the Capitol,” he added.