Republican loyal to Trump claims Capitol riot looked more like 'normal tourist visit'
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Via: krishna • 3 years ago • 7 commentsBy: Adam Edelman and Garrett Haake
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Police clash with supporters of President Donald Trump who breached security and entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. Mostafa Bassim / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images file
Multiple Republican members of Congress on Wednesday offered a false retelling of the devastating events that occurred during the Capitol riot , with one calling the entire event a “bold faced lie” that more closely resembled a “normal tourist visit” than a deadly attack.
During a House Oversight Committee hearing on the Jan. 6 riot, Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., said the House floor was not breached and that the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol behaved “in an orderly fashion.”
The comments by Clyde and others on Wednesday marked the latest attempt by some Republicans to revise the narrative of what occurred and came just hours after House GOP members voted to strip Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., of her leadership position after she repeatedly criticized Trump over his lies that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
“As one of the members who stayed in the Capitol, and on the House floor, who with other Republican colleagues helped barricade the door until almost 3 p.m. from the mob who tried to enter, I can tell you the House floor was never breached and it was not an insurrection. This is the truth,” Clyde claimed.
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“If you didn't know that TV footage was a video from January the sixth, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit,” Clyde said.
Clyde’s account gravely contradicts the events of the day, which were captured on television and on smartphone videos from inside the Capitol.
More than 440 people have been charged so far with participating in the attack. Many have ties to right-wing extremist groups, the FBI has said. Five people died in events related to the attack.
Prosecutors have said some of the hundreds of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol were prepared for battle, wearing helmets and tactical gear. Several were seen on video or in photos carrying baseball bats and other weapons. The riot left the halls of Congress with broken windows, vandalized walls and ransacked offices.
Meanwhile, other Republicans during the hearing Wednesday falsely painted the riot as an event that saw Trump supporters needlessly harassed by law enforcement authorities.
Well, at least the extremely astute Sen. Johnson Questions Dems' Focus On Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Amid Debate Over Independent Commission
Yet..... there are people that will blindly believe what the esteeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmed representative from Georgia says in the matter.
Yet..... there are people that will blindly believe what the esteeeeeeeeeeeemmmmmmed representative from Georgia says in the matter.
There's a quote that I think of when seeing some of the craziness:
‘Never underestimate human stupidity,’ says historian
In my industry, which goes hand in hand with your statement Krishna....
"It's hard to make things idiot proof, when idiots are so ingenious!"
Another I have recently learned on a project down in Mississippi....
"You were speaking English, but talking dumbass....!"
So many ways to apply....