{"id":68605,"date":"2026-01-06T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68605"},"modified":"2026-01-06T14:40:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T22:40:34","slug":"fox-news-flunkies-that-once-condemned-trumps-january-6th-rioters-have-totally-abandoned-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=68605","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Flunkies that Once Condemned Trump’s January 6th Rioters Have Totally Abandoned Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has now been five years since Donald Trump incited a mob of rioters to storm the United States Capitol, causing millions of dollars in damage, and sending 140 police officers to the hospital, five of whom died. All in a treasonous effort to undermine Democracy and overturn the results of a free and fair election.<\/p>\n

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That day is a black mark on American history that is recalled by patriots with sorrow, anger, and shame. And it was made all the worse when glassy-eyed voters with short-term memory loss returned Trump to the White House last year. The result has been more horrendous than even the most pessimistic advocates of democracy predicted. For instance…<\/p>\n

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Immediately following the events of January 6, 2021, most of the nation was appalled and stricken by the audacity of Trump and his out of control supporters that he refused to call back for more than three hours. There was nearly unanimous condemnation of the lawlessness and violence that the StormTrumpers engaged in. And remarkably, that was even true of Trump’s fawning sycophants on Fox News.<\/p>\n

On this solemn anniversary it is a good time look back on some of the most striking examples of hypocrisy by the Fox News propagandizers. Let’s begin with one that came from Fox’s Greg Gutfeld, who unleashed a stirring rebuke of the rioting Trumpists. On his afternoon program the following day, “The Five,”<\/em> Gutfeld said that…<\/p>\n

“What pisses me off is what happened yesterday. We’re supposed to be the gate against the barbarians. and yesterday we looked like the barbarians. And it doesn’t help anybody. But you will not see Republicans bailing out those who were arrested. See, that is a vital contrast. And Americans know this. Americans do not need lectures from hypocrites.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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just a reminder of the initial, in the moment, right wing reaction to jan 6 my favorite is greg gutfeld saying republican condemnation of the jan 6 rioters is an example of their moral superiority over the leftwww.mediamatters.org\/media\/4018641<\/p>\n

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-01-06T14:58:55.879Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n