With Republican lawmakers slapping hands and offering high-fives to inmates who cried “Let’s Go.” Brandon!” — a coded slur against President Joe Biden — as the group departed, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene raced into the District of Columbia jail to assess the circumstances for the Jan. 6 indictees.
The mother of Ashli Babbitt, a dead rioter who was shot by police while attempting to climb through a shattered window on January 6, 2021, was met by Speaker Kevin McCarthy the day before. Babbitt was a Navy veteran.
Moreover, the Republican House leader recently granted Tucker Carlson of Fox News exclusive access to a cache of surveillance videos from January 6 as the conservative commentator advanced conspiracies about the Capitol.
Together, it is safe to say that House Republicans are steadfastly but vehemently attempting to misrepresent the events surrounding the deadly uprising that took place in front of the world as Donald Trump’s supporters besieged the Capitol, while downplaying the danger of domestic political extremism in the United States.
Republican policies and legislation aim to portray the Capitol rioters as the victims of overzealous federal prosecutors, despite the fact that many of them have already been found guilty of grave offenses. Some House Republicans are attempting to rebrand those who stormed the Capitol as “political prisoners” as Trump asks for the pardon of those who were indicted on January 6.
Those who detect a risky Orwellian attempt to gloss over recent history find the outcome disturbing.
According to Heidi Beirich, co-founder of the Global Initiative Against Hate and Extremism, “There is no doubt that Marjorie Taylor Greene and other Republicans are trying to rewrite history.” “You are downplaying a grave assault on our democracy,”
The United Department has prosecuted over 1,000 people in connection with the attack on the Capitol, including leaders of the radical Oath Keepers who were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. Greene led a tour of the local jail on Friday. According to officials, among those who clashed with police in the Capitol were the roughly 20 defendants being detained in jail, many of whom are being held on remand for serious federal accusations.
