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DeSantis on Jan. 6 riot: ‘It was not an insurrection’
The Hill ^ | 07/21/2023 | CAROLINE VAKIL

Posted on 07/21/2023 12:43:42 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said in an interview Friday that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol “was not an insurrection.”

During an interview with actor Russell Brand, DeSantis was asked if he would consider those who participated in the Jan. 6 riot “insurrectionists” or “protesters.” The Florida Republican downplayed the events of the Capitol attack, saying in part of his response, “it was not an insurrection.”

“These are people that were there to attend a rally and then they were there to protest. Now, it devolved, and it devolved into a riot. But the idea that this was a plan to somehow overthrow the government of the United States is not true, and it’s something that the media had spun up just to try to basically, you know, get as much mileage out of it and use it for partisan and for political aims,” DeSantis continued.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: desantis; insurrection; j6; jan6; january6; not; notriot; riot
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To: Gene Eric

DeSantis’ biggest problem is people are discovering he’s 100% establishment...just like Pence.


21 posted on 07/21/2023 1:47:21 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: McGruff

That is a lie by omission and context.


22 posted on 07/21/2023 1:52:47 PM PDT by Dartoid
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To: MTBobcat

That is true, but let’s never forget The Russian Collusion Insurrection of 2016-2018 that the Republican majorities in the Senate and House were part of along with the administrative state.


23 posted on 07/21/2023 1:57:32 PM PDT by alternatives?
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It was not a riot.


24 posted on 07/21/2023 2:01:04 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Correct. It was a false flag, not a riot.


25 posted on 07/21/2023 2:14:36 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Biden still regrets that he did not send his F-15s to create a blood bath.


26 posted on 07/21/2023 2:14:51 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It was NOT a riot, it was a peaceful protest


27 posted on 07/21/2023 2:26:05 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Good for him for saying that.


28 posted on 07/21/2023 2:31:09 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The closer we get to election season the more BS ass kissing we are going to get from this two faced used car salesman...


29 posted on 07/21/2023 2:32:02 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Some freepers would complain if they were hanged with a new rope.


30 posted on 07/21/2023 2:51:53 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: wildcard_redneck
It’s amazing that an a-hole like DeSantis would take almost three years to admit this. He knew Jan 6 was a setup and was lying before but now that voters are rejecting him he has changed his tune but now it’s too late.

Almost three years?

Try harder.

January 6, 2022.

DeSantis: January 6 is media's 'Christmas' (YouTube)

31 posted on 07/21/2023 2:59:40 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President. A conservative who fights and wins.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s not what all your friends say Ron.


32 posted on 07/21/2023 2:59:43 PM PDT by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: newfreep

+1


33 posted on 07/21/2023 3:12:00 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; All

A few days ago, he implied that Trump as responsible. Too bad that he, and so many others conveniently fail to recognize the last few sentences of Trump’s speech that day calling for PEACE.


34 posted on 07/21/2023 3:47:07 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Meatball’s internal poll numbers must have went through.


35 posted on 07/21/2023 3:58:56 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He is now trying to imitate Vivek’s stand.


36 posted on 07/21/2023 4:45:33 PM PDT by Moorings
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To: I-ambush

https://twpundit.com/2021/06/19/was-the-jan-6th-capitol-hill-riot-a-reichstag-fire-event/


37 posted on 07/21/2023 5:15:44 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Chgogal

My thoughts exactly.


38 posted on 07/21/2023 5:28:50 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Same for me.


39 posted on 07/21/2023 5:28:57 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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