 Marco Bello/ReutersFormer President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Jan. 6, 2021— the day his supporters occupied Congress in a failed insurrection to try to stop lawmakers from certifying Joe Biden's election victory—was a "day of love."
Trump made the baffling claim during a televised election town hall hosted by Univision.
Ramiro González, a construction worker from Tampa, told the meeting he deregistered as a Republican because he found Trump's "inaction" during both Jan. 6 and the COVID-19 pandemic "disturbing." He asked Trump to square his controversial behavior during the attack on the U.S. Capitol—and the fact that many of his own former administration officials don't support him any longer—with why he should be re-elected.
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