Politico calls it "his first campaign-style rally since the January 6 attack on the US Capitol."
Technically, yes, although there was Trump's June 5 spectacle at North Carolina's GOP convention, a rally in everything but name. I recall it distinctly, since the pre-"rally" coverage featured former U.S. representative Mark Walker telling a cable host he was confident of Trump's support in NC's Senate primary — only to then watch Trump waddle onto stage and promptly endorse Rep. Ted Budd. I could almost hear Walker, offstage, physically deflating.
Trump held his Saturday farce to — again, technically speaking — endorse former aide Max Miller against the evil Anthony Gonzalez, Ohio's 16th C.D. incumbent and all-star Republican traitor for having voted to impeach the vastly impeachable former president, who called it "the unhinged, unconstitutional illegal impeachment witch hunt." Miller, on the other hand, is a real stand-up guy, having been arrested several times for assault, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Trump's larger purpose in Ohio was, of course, to focus on all his election-related grievances, while other speakers focused "almost entirely on one man: Trump." Just another day in TrumpWorld, and just another day in Republicans' cultish politics.
The one interesting aspect of Gonzalez's situation is that "even his most ardent opponents [are] admitting that the furor around his vote has since dissipated, as voters go about their daily lives and, in part, forget about the outrages of early 2021."
The downside for Gonzalez? Everyday voters don't vote in primaries.