I’m not saying Hillary Clinton was politically wise to refer to Donald Trump’s supporters as a basket of deplorables but it’s become evident that she was definitely making an accurate statement. For proof, look not further than the behavior of the people who have been arrested for their participation in the failed January 6 coup attempt. An investigation by BuzzFeed found that there are more than 550 seditious defendants out on bail. A significant number of them have actually been jailed because they couldn’t abide by the conditions of their pretrial release. Others have been warned or had stricter conditions imposed.

Pruitt is one of 10 people charged in connection with the attack on the US Capitol who were ordered into custody after initially being released; seven of those cases involved defendants who violated conditions of their pretrial release. Prosecutors have a pending request to put another defendant behind bars, and BuzzFeed News identified at least 16 cases where judges tightened restrictions or issued warnings after finding defendants failed to be in full compliance with the letter, or spirit, of their release conditions.

The violations vary quite a bit, but mostly fall into a refusal to give up their firearms or abide by a curfew. One was “violating a prohibition on internet access after he was caught streaming election fraud conspiracy theory content.” Another “tried to pressure his estranged wife to lie.”

Here’s a good example of a guy who has a basket of deplorable behavior.

Earlier this week, a judge granted the government’s request to put James Grant of North Carolina in jail. Grant is charged with joining other rioters in using metal barricades to assault police officers at the Capitol. The government didn’t seek detention when he was arrested in October. But a prosecutor returned to court a few months later to ask the judge to revoke Grant’s release, citing multiple violations.

In early December, police officers responding to a call of a suicide threat encountered Grant intoxicated in a car, according to the government; they found an assault rifle and 60 rounds of ammunition in the vehicle. The pretrial supervision office had previously alerted the court that Grant tested positive twice for amphetamines after being allowed to go home. The prosecutor also noted that before Grant’s arrest in the Jan. 6 case, he’d been charged in September with driving under the influence and carrying a concealed firearm; that case is pending.

Nothing like a suicidal guy in a car, drunk and high on right-wing nonsense and amphetamines, and armed with an assault rifle. That’s the kind of “patriot” that follows Trump.

Amazingly, there are tens of millions of these people. And we can’t seem to beat them politically, so nothing gets done.

It’s utterly disgusting.