Did Trump learn nothing from Jan. 6?

At his first major campaign event, the former president leaned hard into the anti-government sentiment that inspired the Capitol riot

Donald Trump in Waco, TX
(Image credit: Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images)

When former President Donald Trump took the stage in Waco, Texas, on Saturday for his first major campaign rally of the 2024 election cycle, he preceded his remarks by standing solemnly as the PA system blared "Justice For All." That is, his iTunes-topping recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance interspersed with the Star Spangled Banner — recorded with an assist from the "J6 Choir" of accused participants in the Capitol riot currently housed in a Washington D.C. correctional facility.

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Rafi Schwartz, The Week US

Rafi Schwartz has worked as a politics writer at The Week since 2022, where he covers elections, Congress and the White House. He was previously a contributing writer with Mic focusing largely on politics, a senior writer with Splinter News, a staff writer for Fusion's news lab, and the managing editor of Heeb Magazine, a Jewish life and culture publication. Rafi's work has appeared in Rolling Stone, GOOD and The Forward, among others.