On Monday, Fox News host Brian Kilmeade blasted Donald Trump as “insane” “insane” after the former president kicked off his first official 2024 rally with a national anthem sung by inmates incarcerated for their role in the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol and footage featuring the insurrection.
Kilmeade criticized Trump for the rally’s spotlight on Jan. 6 and the former president’s focus on ongoing investigations into him, rather than on his record or on other issues important to his party.
“Instead, the president of the United States, the former president of the United States, opened up with Jan. 6 video, which is insane. He should be running from that period. I don’t care his point of view. That is not a good thing for him,” Kilmeade said on “Fox & Friends”.
“I thought that was absolutely awful. Even though he is winning in the polls, that will not.”
Trump opened up his rally with a rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner” sung by inmates incarcerated for their role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Footage of the riots played during the song, according to The Associated Press.
“I think for President Trump to spend 80 percent of his time complaining about court cases instead of just looking at his own record, and what he would have done… He does that, or other candidates do that, they’re going to be unbelievably successful because that’s going to be the conversation at the kitchen table,” Kilmeade said.
He added that what Trump is doing “is not helping.”
Brian Kilmeade really went in on Trump for embracing January 6 during his Waco rally: He "opened up with a January 6 video, which is insane. He should be running from that, period. I don't care his point of view … I thought that was absolutely awful." pic.twitter.com/TwoAr8inuB
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) March 27, 2023
