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Former GOP congressman: Jan. 6 was an "attempted coup" by Trump
Axios ^ | 06/05/2022 | Ivana Saric

Posted on 06/05/2022 1:36:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Former Republican Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman told CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that he views the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as an attempted coup by former President Trump.

The big picture: Riggleman said people around Trump had an "awareness" of what they were doing when they repeated "propaganda" and "conspiracy theories" that preceded the riot and mainlined "insanity into people's heads."

Riggleman, a former adviser to the select panel investigating the Jan. 6 riot, said he no longer considers himself a Republican. "I think the party left me some time ago," he said.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: 5thcdvirginia; bidenvoters; congressman; coup; coupaccomplice; denverriggleman; gop; january6th; rino; stolenelection; trump; virginia; virginia5thcd
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You we're never a Republican you piece of BEEP
1 posted on 06/05/2022 1:36:14 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Whadda drama queen!


2 posted on 06/05/2022 1:38:07 PM PDT by RedMonqey
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I see the RINOs all got their talking points from their “leader..” and I am assuming that “leader” is leader “Team Mitch..”


3 posted on 06/05/2022 1:40:39 PM PDT by Shady (The #JihadJunta: "We are now a nation of Men, Not of Laws. You are not as equal as we are...")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Lunatic!


4 posted on 06/05/2022 1:42:17 PM PDT by From The Deer Stand
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To: ChicagoConservative27

If it were an attempted coup….they’d know.


5 posted on 06/05/2022 1:42:21 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: ChicagoConservative27

6 posted on 06/05/2022 1:42:24 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Remember when government paved the Roads and trained the Army – instead of lying and oppressing?)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, you’re a former congressman because you lost your primary after one term, so yeah, I guess the party “left you”.


7 posted on 06/05/2022 1:43:23 PM PDT by jerseyman
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A group of unarmed citizens try to overthrow the government?
Yea right.
What a bunch of idiots. They stole the election and are trying to do everything they can to point the blame at the victim, the duly elected Republican President.


8 posted on 06/05/2022 1:43:29 PM PDT by 9422WMR (45 1. Lie, cheat, steal. It’s how the democRATS operate. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Following Queen Pelosi’s orders I see.


9 posted on 06/05/2022 1:43:46 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Jan 3rd was a successful one by Democrats


10 posted on 06/05/2022 1:43:53 PM PDT by cableguymn
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So Biden wouldn't be seated and Trump would ascend...Are you people nuts??

There was no attempted coup in any way, shape or form. It was a protest with a group of smart a**** who caused a riot.

There were no guns, no fires, no bombings, not a single politician was harmed. No one was making a speech. No one said we're taking over the government.

It was a damn riot....and nothing more.

And if LE had provided the personnel requested by President Trump...it likely would have been under control in a few minutes.

What did she say?? It would look bad??

11 posted on 06/05/2022 1:43:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

All these assclowns are coming out of the woodwork ahead of the Kangaroo Public Agitation by the dhimmicraps.
There was NEVER any attempt to overthrow anything, and these schmucks know it.


12 posted on 06/05/2022 1:44:04 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

funny how My first assumption is that the person is compromised to the point of long jail sentence when they say Trump attempted a coup on jan 6th


13 posted on 06/05/2022 1:45:18 PM PDT by PCPOET7 (`)
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To: Sacajaweau
"It was a damn riot....and nothing more."

No....it was a peaceful demonstration that got a little rowdy. A "riot" is what you had in Seattle and Portland and some other locales....

14 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:00 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (Not Responding to Seagull Snark)
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To: PubliusMM

A Kerensky Republican. He will never be acceptable to Marxists, try though he might.


15 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:04 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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To: ChicagoConservative27

No - the attempted coup was the massive ballot box stuffing and stolen election by Obama and the Democrats and aided and abetted by RINOs.

You people do NOT want to go down this course of action.


16 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:29 PM PDT by Skywise
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To: RedMonqey

RINOs RINOs everywhere.


17 posted on 06/05/2022 1:47:51 PM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The monsters masquerading as humans will lie to grind our faces in shards of broken glass until their last undeserved breath.


18 posted on 06/05/2022 1:49:32 PM PDT by Born in 1950 (Anti left, nothing else.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Worst coup ever... “Peacefully and Patriotically’”


19 posted on 06/05/2022 1:49:46 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: ChicagoConservative27
Denver Riggleman? Denver Lee Riggleman III?

You'd think his father and grandfather would have learned something after years of teasing, taunting, and bullying.

20 posted on 06/05/2022 1:50:06 PM PDT by x
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