{"id":59200,"date":"2023-12-05T11:51:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T19:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=59200"},"modified":"2023-12-05T15:38:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T23:38:05","slug":"gop-speaker-johnson-is-helping-criminals-who-stormed-the-capitol-on-january-6th-to-evade-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=59200","title":{"rendered":"GOP Speaker Johnson is Helping Criminals who Stormed the Capitol on January 6th to Evade the Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Republican Party has long referred to itself as the party of “law and order.”<\/em> That has never really been true, but it is farther removed from that description than ever with its current leader, Donald Trump, who is facing 91 felony charges, and has already been found liable for multiple crimes including financial fraud and rape.<\/p>\n

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The GOP has lately been embracing the alternate designation of “outlaw and disorder.”<\/em> That’s especially evident in the aftermath of the violent insurrection that Trump incited on January 6, 2021, when he refused to peacefully leave office. Ever since then Trump has been feverishly disseminating his “Big Lie”<\/em> that the 2020 presidential election was “rigged and stolen”<\/em> from him. Never mind that he has failed to produce a shred of evidence to support his claims in more than three years and 60+ court cases. And that failure is driving him crazy(er).<\/p>\n

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Adding to the GOP’s commitment to criminality is the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson. In a press conference on Tuesday Johnson was asked about the 44,000 hours of videos of the January 6th insurrection that he has promised to release to the public. He claims that this is an act of transparency that will allow the American people to judge for themselves what happened. As if they didn’t already see it live on television at the time. And does Johnson really think that people are going to sit through 44,000 hours of video, a task that would take them five years if they watched 24 hour a day?<\/p>\n

Making matters even worse (a key feature of today’s Republicans in Congress), at Tuesday’s press conference Johnson repeated his intention to blur the faces of the people in the insurrection videos. However, on this occasion, Johnson stated his reason for doing so…<\/p>\n

“We trust the American people to draw their own conclusions. They should not be dictated by some narrative and accept that as fact. So they can review the tapes themselves. We’re going through a methodical process of releasing them as quickly as we can. As you know, we have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don\u2019t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ, and to have other, you know, concerns and problems.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Johnson: We have to blur some of the faces of persons who participated in the events of that day because we don\u2019t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ pic.twitter.com\/pQ6fSlAp9W<\/a><\/p>\n

— Acyn (@Acyn) December 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n