Posted on 06/19/2021 5:59:20 PM PDT by RandFan
A growing number of Republican lawmakers are refusing to say that the Jan. 6 insurrection was actually an insurrection.
Nearly two dozen GOP House members voted against legislation this week that would award Congressional Gold Medals to police officers who defended the Capitol that day, in part because it describes the mob of then-President Trump’s supporters who were trying to stop Congress from ratifying the 2020 election results as “insurrectionists.”
“They were protesting. And I don’t approve of the way they protested, but it wasn’t an insurrection,” said Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).
“My goodness. Can you imagine what a real insurrection would look like?” he asked.
The lack of consensus among members of Congress about how to describe the Jan. 6 attack underscores how difficult it is for lawmakers to take actions such as establishing a bipartisan commission to investigate the day’s events, as well as the pervasiveness of GOP attempts to whitewash the severity of the violent attack on the Capitol.
Multiple news organizations, including The Hill, began referring to the events of Jan. 6 as an insurrection, broadly defined as an act of revolt against an established government, while they were still unfolding.....
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Love the quote from Rep. Massie though.
As the Democrat Party said after their President was caught perjuring himself in a sexual harassment suit (where he was the defendant)...”it’s time to move on.”
Many velvet rope lines knew what it was to be brushed up against that day, I can tell you!
Oh, goodie for them. Have any of them said anything about Biden’s new plans to imprison and/or kill conservatives? Thought not…
An insurrection leaves 8 million dead and 30 million wounded.
That was a drunken picnic.
It wasn’t an insurrection.
It was a replay of the Boston Massacre.
With Deep State playing the part of the Redcoats.
The Hill always use to label John Solomon’s excellent work as opinion. Almost all of their Democrat propaganda is passed off as journalism.
Looks like a “Mostly peaceful protest” to me.
All throughout 2020 the Demrats balked at calling out vandalism, looting and arson and murder.
We should start celebrating Jan. 6. Save a few extra fireworks from New Year’s. Just to troll the libcucks.
Maybe even make it like Guy Fawkes Day and burn some congresscucks in effigy.
Because it wasn’t.
They used to label it a “deadly insurrection” for MONTHS... now I think they have dropped that label after complaints
In all actuality 11/03/2020 was the “Insurrection”!
More like the Reichstag Fire.
Lets get it declared a national holiday .
If this ridiculous day is
suddenly a new national holiday to
shut up the Ghetto MOB .
Bfl
Because it wasn’t an insurrection
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