His. Lindsey Graham
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The rally, in support of the detained riots in connection with the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, is scheduled for Saturday afternoon and is expected to attract hundreds of people to the country’s capital.
“They have to follow a firm line, man,” Graham told the New York Times about the presence of local police at the event. “If someone gets off the line, they have to hit them.”
According to reports, the Department of Homeland Security expects about 700 people to attend the weekend rally and crews began building security fences and barriers around the Capitol complex in anticipation of the arrival of the large crowd. .
Local police departments and federal officials say they remain on high alert ahead of the event, dubbed “Justice for J6,” which some Republican lawmakers have not recognized or downplayed.
“I don’t expect a lot of people there,” Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Wing.) Told the Times. “I have not heard anything. I will not be there. “
The rally comes as some Republican leaders work to get past the violent events of the January 6 Capitol Uprising.
“Republicans want the interim periods to be a referendum on Biden,” GOP strategist Alex Conant told strategist this week. “Democrats want it Donald Trump
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell
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Graham, who was a close ally of Trump, voted to certify President Biden
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“The president has to understand that his actions were the problem, not the solution,” Graham said at the time. “Yesterday’s rally was improper, it got out of hand.”