WATCH: GOP voters rally around Trump following Jan. 6 charges

Republican voters are rallying around former President Donald Trump following his indictment and not guilty plea related to his actions during the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot and alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Fox News Digital traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, on Friday for Trump's first speech following his arraignment in a Washington, D.C., federal court, which he gave to the state Republican Party's summer meeting. Fox asked several attendees about the charges and whom they plan to support for the party's presidential nomination.

"Are you serious?" one attendee named Mike responded. "Donald Trump is the best president that this country has ever had . . . and that goes back to Ronald Reagan. [Reagan] was a great president, and he ain't as good as Donald Trump."

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"Donald J. Trump," attendee Billie Rae simply said as her husband, Tim, agreed. "Trump all the way."

Attendees Julie and C.J. could hardly hide their enthusiasm for the former president as they shouted his name for all those exiting the event to hear. "President Trump! Go Trump! Go, go, go!"

"Who else would we support?" C.J. said. "Our immigration problem, our economy? Trump. We've got to. We've got to bring America back. It's terrible what Biden has done to our country. It's horrible. We've got to get it back."

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Other attendees echoed that sentiment, but Alabama State Sen. Lance Bell said he had not yet made his decision and would have to see how things play out between then and the state's primary in March. When asked whether he felt the charges against Trump would hurt or help his support, Bell said they are clearly helping.

"I think the charges are helping him, because people are seeing the political prosecution," he said. "So I think the charges are helping him pick up support. It's sad when we're having that in our country — when we're having political prosecutions."

Sheila, Beverly, Kim and Lori all agreed that more charges being brought against Trump were helping him gain support. "His numbers go up every time they indict him," Lori said.

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"They're pretty frivolous, and a new indictment seems to come out whenever they want to try and hide something on the Biden Crime Family, as [Trump] referred to them. People aren't dumb. We're smart people, and we can see through those tactics that he and his cronies are doing," Sheila said.

Frank and Paulina also agreed, while Clay said he thought the indictments were intended to convince soft Republicans and independent voters to not support Trump.

"It's definitely an attack on that," he said. Paulina declared, "Smart people know a smokescreen when they see one."

Jamie Foxx deletes and apologizes for social media post users accused of being ‘horrifically antisemitic'

"Django Unchained" actor Jamie Foxx recently courted controversy with a cryptic tweet referring to those who "killed this dude name[d] Jesus" that multiple social media users saw as antisemitic.

Following the backlash, Foxx deleted the post, and shared another one apologizing for it and claiming it was in no way intended to be antisemitic. He said it was just about "a fake friend" who wronged him.

Foxx shared the original post with his nearly 17 million Instagram followers on Friday. The message consisted of simple white text on a black background that read in all caps, "THEY KILLED THIS DUDE NAME JESUS… WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY’LL DO TO YOU???!"

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At the end of the somewhat vague message, Foxx added, "#fakefriends" and "#fakelove."

Multiple social media assumed that Foxx’s words had an antisemitic meaning, attributing his use of "they" as a reference to the Jewish people. 

One, a journalist and self-described Zionist named Eve Barlow blasted Foxx’s words on Twitter, writing, "I am a Jewish advocate who fights antisemitism. Jamie Foxx’s post was a horrifically antisemitic message rooted in classic blood libel and anti-Jewish conspiracy theory. He has 16.7 million followers. I’m not waiting on him to further expand."

Executive editor of Jewish outlet "Jewish Insider," Melissa Weiss assumed the post was antisemitic as well, tweeting, "Seeing someone like Jamie Foxx post antisemitic content is a sad reminder that Jews can’t just exist like most everyone else. There will always be people who hate us."

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The account for a Jewish author and attorney @HowardA_AtLaw added, "Just once I’d like to log onto this site and not see antisemitism, especially from huge celebrities like Jamie Foxx and Jennifer Aniston. You don’t want to be an ally, fine, but leave us the heck alone!"

The account had noticed that "Friends" actress Jennifer Aniston "liked" Foxx’s post. 

Once users started attributing antisemitism to it, Aniston posted a message to her own Instagram, "I do NOT support any form of antisemitism. And I truly don’t tolerate HATE of any kind. Period."

Others disagreed with the antisemitic reading of Foxx’s message. Political commentator Anthony Brian Logan tweeted, "Jamie Foxx did not say anything antisemitic. The problem is that some people felt like he was talking about them when referencing the people who killed Jesus. Guilty conscious."

Another user added that the accusations represented "an incredibly uncharitable reading given Jamie Foxx has just passed through a health scare in which people close to him were selling misinformation that he was on his death bed and what not."

Foxx deleted the post once the backlash ensued and shortly followed it with a post apologizing for the original and clarifying that it was not meant to be antisemitic. 

He wrote, "Hey guys. I want to apologize to the Jewish community and anyone else who was offended by my post… I know my words were clumsy and have caused offense… that was never my intent… to clarify… I felt betrayed by a fake friend… and that’s what I meant about ‘they’ nothing more…"

The actor continued, saying, "I have love in my heart for everyone. I support the Jewish community and all faiths… and I’m against all hate! Once again my deepest apologies.

Fox News Digital reached out to representatives for Jamie Foxx for comment. They responded with a link to the just-published Instagram apology.

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