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President Trump is holding an outdoor rally in Robstown, Texas Saturday night for Republicans running for office in the November election. The huge crowd is fired up, chanting “We love Trump!”, “USA!” and “Let’s go Brandon!”
In the midst of Trump’s speech as he was talking about the January 6th Committee and turncoat Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), the crowd broke out into the national anthem, singing the first verse of the Star Spangled Banner in full.
The singing started at 9 p.m. EDT, the same time the January 6 prisoners sing the national anthem every night.
Excerpt from the Washingtonian on prison life for J6ers:
“Most of a Sixer’s existence goes down in isolation—the cells on Charlie Two Bravo are singles. Each day, they get a five-and-a-half-hour window of “rec,” or time outside the cell. One day it’s from 9 am to 2:30 pm, then they wait 25 and a half hours for the next day’s rec, starting at 4. Sixers on that rotation get to take part in a cherished ritual: singing the national anthem in unison at 9 pm. When they get to the lyric “That our flag was,” they shout the last two words, “STILL THERE!””
Video with speech set-up:
Video with just the national anthem:
Liberals were beside themselves:
A liberal Austin journalist reported the amazing moment this way, “Audience at Trump rally spontaneously starts singing the anthem. Trump seems a little peeved, actually, looks around quietly and waits. Notably does not sing or mouth the words along with them”
Another liberal activist was upset at the crowd for singing the Star Spangled Banner, “I generally try not to share Trump content anymore, but this is more about the audience of his supporters. When Trump brings up the insurrection on January 6th, the crowd starts singing the national anthem and gets to their feet.”
Ben Berquam posted a 360 video of the massive crowd as Trump took the stage:
Update: January 6 defendant Treniss Evans spoke to Real America’s Voice after the rally and said he started singing the anthem in solidarity with his fellow defendants who have been held without trial, some for 18 months and counting. He said he had been working since Wednesday to make it happen.
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