The Cynical Hypocrisy Behind Trump’s Visit to an NYPD Officer’s Wake

Anybody who imagines that Donald Trump is attending the wake of fallen NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller with genuine respect for those who routinely risk their lives should think back to a campaign rally in Ohio earlier this month.

At the start of that March 16 event in Vandalia, Trump solemnly saluted as the sound system played a recording of the J6 Prison Choir singing the national anthem inside the District of Columbia jail.

The producers who had spliced in a recording of Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and marketed the song as “Justice for All” have never identified the particular singers. But an analysis by Just Security found that 17 of the 20 Jan. 6 prisoners in the facility around the time of the recording had been arrested for assaulting law enforcement officers.

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