Posted on 05/07/2021 10:19:46 AM PDT by sevinufnine
An attorney for a capitol rioter who allegedly stole an officers gas mask and stormed the Capitol building through a broken window says that his client's participation in the deadly January 6 riots was a result of watching too much Fox News, a condition he dubbed 'Foxitis.' Anthony Antonio's attorney, Joseph Hurley, says that the 27-year-old spent all his free time watching the conservative news network after the was laid off due to COVID. 'He became hooked with what I call Foxitus or Foxmania and became interested in the political aspect and started believing what was being fed to him,' Hurley told U.S. Magistrate Judge Robin M. Meriweather on Thursday. Hurley argued at a hearing that Antonio believed he was following Trump's orders to march on Washington and was participating in a patriotic movement to serve the United States. Antonio moved in with roommates in Chicago who were fans of Fox News and 'for the next approximate six months, Fox television played constantly,' Hurley said.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
NewsCorp execs endorsed John F. Kerry in 2004 and Fox News hasn’t had the best Conservative bonafides in a long time.
Being to the right of CNN just means that you are to the right of CNN but by no means “on the right”.
OH, they are OK. The WOKE folks are fine with violence if it’s by other WOKERS.
Watching the liar Chris Wallace on election night drove him insane?
I’m surprised he didn’t blame RUSH.
>>had a tattoo of the words ‘Carpe Diem’ on his right wrist
>>Well that seals it then. Anybody who has a Latin tattoo is obviously a Western Civ Supremest.
They use coded languages written in cursive script!!!
Joseph Hurley should be disbarred.
The Q Shaman’s slip and fall lawyer already tried blaming Trump. It isn’t going to work.
“I heard Trumps voice in my head “Take it” he said. So really I had no choice”.
What a stupid statement. This fits well with anti-conservatives that blame Fox News for the lies they themselves have told and continue to tell. They cannot point to anything like the “Russian Collusion” Fraud that was spewed by the MSM, CNN and MSNBC. Pot calling Kettle black.
This guy is a fool, and so he is saying foolish things, that will probably torpedo his defense, such as it is.
the Twinky Defense revised
No kidding, but personally? I always liked Funny Bones the best. Chocolate cake and peanut butter filling with chocolate glaze/icing? OH YES. How can that be a loser to vanilla cake with vanilla filling? ;>)
The attorney suffers from BS-itis.
“ Foxitis??? Seriously???”
There was one here a while back where they said the kid was suffering from some syndrome as a result of his family’s affluence. I can’t remember exactly what it was but it was similarly inane.
Best thing I've read all week. Copeland pwnd Hurley hard, and the judge lost complete control of the hearing.
This is stupid. You aren’t wrong.
Foxitis? Is it related to being Hannitized?
Is this ass clown one of the gaggle of antifa in the capitol on false flag day?
I don’t care what news he watched. If he stole a gas mask from an officer, he should be locked-up.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.