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Dems and media who portray Jan. 6 as a near-fatal attack on democracy are absurd
New York Post ^ | January 5, 2022 | James Bovard

Posted on 01/05/2022 6:52:42 PM PST by karpov

Last year’s Jan. 6 clash at the Capitol may be the most politically exploited ruckus in American history. Team Biden is doing a victory lap to mark the anniversary, but the feds continue covering up key information regarding that day’s events. Democrats are canonizing a false version of history to change voting laws to perpetuate many of the shoddy if not shady practices that tarnished the 2020 election.

After the fracas a year ago, Democratic members of Congress made ludicrous claims about the perils they faced that day. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said, “We came close to half of the House nearly dying” from the attackers. But the only person gunned down that day was 35-year-old Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, shot at point-blank range by a Capitol policeman.

While heavy penalties are justified for protesters who physically attacked police, President Joe Biden and his media allies portray clashes that day as an insurrection seeking to destroy American democracy. But Reuters reported in August that the FBI had found little or no evidence that the attackers were part of an “organized plot to overturn the presidential election,” with almost all protesters “one-off cases” unrelated to a grand scheme.

The Justice Department declared last summer, “The investigation and prosecution of the Capitol Breach will be the largest in American history, both in terms of the number of defendants prosecuted and the nature and volume of the evidence.” But the feds continue withholding almost all of the 14,000 hours of surveillance video taken inside the Capitol Jan. 6. A coalition of 16 media groups including The Washington Post, Associated Press and television networks have sued to gain access to it.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: formerfrlurker; formerfrlurkerdnc; formerfrlurkertroll; jan6; january6; pelosiscoup; rayepps
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1 posted on 01/05/2022 6:52:42 PM PST by karpov
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To: karpov

Ted Cruz joined the ranks of Assistant Democrats by calling Jan. 6 a violent terrorist attack.


2 posted on 01/05/2022 6:54:03 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

It was super serious. The Insurrectionalist rebels took selfies. Never has our Republic been so close to destruction.


3 posted on 01/05/2022 6:57:20 PM PST by AlbertWang
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To: karpov

The Dems sure do act bitter and vindictive for people who supposedly “won.”


4 posted on 01/05/2022 6:57:35 PM PST by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

He sees a light ahead of him but its a locomotive that would like to speak to him.


5 posted on 01/05/2022 6:57:53 PM PST by samadams2000 (Get your houses in order.)
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To: karpov
"Dems and media who portray Jan. 6 as a near-fatal attack on democracy are absurd

..... Ya .... Well .... The Democrat/Socialists are in almost complete control of the entire Narative ....... So ... What's a Person to do ... Right??? .... Hmmmm

6 posted on 01/05/2022 7:00:38 PM PST by R_Kangel ("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
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To: karpov

They have to justify removing republican House and Senate members via the 14th. All this propaganda is merely laying the foundation.


7 posted on 01/05/2022 7:02:25 PM PST by DBrow
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To: karpov

The ONLY thing horrible about that day was Ashlii Babbitt being murdered..the rest was a bunch of federal agents in their short pants and short sleeve shirts, walking around pretending to be maga supporters


8 posted on 01/05/2022 7:03:12 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: karpov

they who smelt it dealt it


9 posted on 01/05/2022 7:05:24 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: karpov
The great lie is pushed because attention must not be allowed to focus upon the truth that the election was fixed to get rid of Donald Trump since he was being too successful for the real ruler to allow to continue Making America Great Again.

Evil has taken control of a once great republic ... and it isn't going to get better, folks.

10 posted on 01/05/2022 7:06:05 PM PST by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

The ONLY thing horrible about that day was Ashlii Babbitt being murdered.

IIRC there was a woman beaten to death and another crushed by a fencing unit.


11 posted on 01/05/2022 7:08:14 PM PST by DBrow
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To: DBrow

You are correct.

They also have to destroy Donald Trump entirely, as a message to anyone else who would dare get in their way.


12 posted on 01/05/2022 7:13:09 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: DBrow

Now that would be real insurrection.


13 posted on 01/05/2022 7:19:10 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: karpov

Their absurdity is dangerous and a true threat to the nation.
And it’s deliberate.


14 posted on 01/05/2022 7:20:32 PM PST by TigersEye (Ray Epps didn't kill himself.)
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To: karpov

It’s an organized team effort all using the same terms and talking points. They’re trying to push restrictions on what the right can and cannot say. They want to put shackles on any media that doesn’t tow the democrat statist line. CNN, good, virtuous and righteous, Fox news and the like, seditious, untrue and evil. That’s what this is really about, criminalizing conservatives right to speech and destroying their media. It’s really sickening to watch these lying jerks in action.


15 posted on 01/05/2022 7:26:46 PM PST by Bullish (This is the most bloated and most inept govt in history.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“Ted Cruz joined the ranks of Assistant Democrats by calling Jan. 6 a violent terrorist attack.”

That is the last nail in Ted’s coffin for me. I am through with him.


16 posted on 01/05/2022 7:28:58 PM PST by Parley Baer
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Federal Judge Amit Mehta criticized prosecutors for charging hundreds of protesters with “obstructing an official proceeding” of Congress — a felony with a 20-year prison sentence — while similar protesters in prior years got misdemeanor wrist-slaps.

Just look at every time Code Pink and Medea Benjamin obstructed a Congressional hearing. It was always a Democrat Congressman who gave them tickets to the gallery so they could disrupt the proceedings.

-PJ

17 posted on 01/05/2022 7:34:08 PM PST by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: karpov

“he FBI had found little or no evidence that the attackers were part of an “organized plot to overturn the presidential election,” with almost all protesters “one-off cases” unrelated to a grand scheme.”

Ya ‘cause THEY weren’t FIB agents/assets/fellow travelers.


18 posted on 01/05/2022 7:51:41 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Parley Baer

“I am through with him.”

Ted’s [politically] Dead.


19 posted on 01/05/2022 7:53:11 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: karpov

Yes, it is absurd. But they are getting away with it. Political prisoners right here in the USA.


20 posted on 01/05/2022 7:57:21 PM PST by Kevmo (I’m immune from Covid since I don’t watch TV.🤗)
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