People For Member,
Just months after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building, some far-right members of Congress are already attempting to rewrite the history books. Republican Reps. Andrew Clyde (GA), Jody Hice (GA), and Paul Gosar (AZ) have each attempted to downplay the violent attacks that day, with Rep. Clyde likening the horrific events to “a normal tourist visit.”
We cannot allow these far-right members of Congress to normalize the violent behavior of white supremacists and other extremists!
As some of Trump’s most vocal right-wing apologists in Congress, it’s no surprise these representatives are attempting to minimize the insurrection and the potential roles they played in enabling the mob.
Rep. Paul Gosar just weeks ago was the keynote speaker at a white nationalist conference and one of the most vocal proponents of overturning the results of the election, who later sought a pardon from Trump to avoid accountability for his role in the insurrection!
During a committee hearing Rep. Andrew Clyde claimed that calling the violent events on January 6 an insurrection is “a bold face lie” – going on to say “If you didn't know that TV footage was a video from January the sixth, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit…”
And Rep. Jody Hice – who is running to be Georgia’s next Secretary of State (and has been proudly endorsed by Trump) so he can abuse his authority to steal elections for Trump and Trump-like candidates – outright denied that Trump played any role in inciting the violence from his supporters, going on to say the supporters in the mob were the “real victims” that day.
It’s clear that the Far Right has no intentions of turning their back on Trump – even after he incited one of the most dangerous attacks to our democracy in years – in fact, they’re doubling down.
Thanks for all that you do,
Zach, People For the American Way
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