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Evidence shows Republican leaders directed occupation of Capitol, and provided details for attack
Jan 13, 2021 1:31pm Eastern Standard Time by Mark Sumner, Daily Kos Staff
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/1/13/2008836/-Growing-evidence-that-Republican-leaders-were-directly-involved-in-planning-assault-on-Capitol
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On Tuesday evening, Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill indicated that some Republican legislators had been directly involved in helping insurgents plan the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. As all the pieces begin to fall together, its becoming clearer that Republican officialsfrom state and local party leaders to members of Congresswere not just involved in encouraging the insurrection through spreading lies about election fraud, but assisted the coup plotters with information on how to best go about causing harm. That includes how best to capture members of Congress considered enemies of Donald Trump.
Evidence is building up that Reps. Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, and Paul Gosar were directly involved in planning events on Jan. 6. Others, like Rep. Lauren Boebert, appear to have not just encouraged insurrection actors in their assault but provided real-time updates on the location of terrorist targets. Now, following Sherrills accusations that some Republicans had helped the insurrectionists by leading them on reconnaissance of the Capitol in advance of the assault, there appears to be more evidence that not only were insurgents provided with information on how best to carry out their assault, they were doing exactly what Republicans asked of them.
One day before insurgents took the Capitol and went in search of congressional hostages, that is exactly what Republican organizations across the nation told them to do. As Media Matters shows, multiple Republican organizations were directly calling on those attending the Jan. 6 event to Occupy the Capitol. That message came from organizations in (at least) Texas, Oregon, Georgia, and North Carolina.
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The flyer passed around urging this occupation makes multiple references to 1776, a reference that was repeated by Boebert on Jan. 6.
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RKP5637
(67,108 posts)trueblue2007
(17,217 posts)luv2fly
(2,475 posts)This is huge, and I hope it gets adequate attention. I'm shocked quite frankly, and I know I shouldn't be, but I didn't suspect any of them would go this far.
luv2fly
(2,475 posts)Good on them, now go investigate!
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)and many will go to jail.
applegrove
(118,642 posts)Covid, at this point in time, so to be giving a 'reconnaisance' or any tour is doubly suspicious. CNN
OAITW r.2.0
(24,467 posts)Sedition and Insurrection will be must watch TV.
dalton99a
(81,475 posts)Nevilledog
(51,094 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)I guess it makes sense.
dhill926
(16,337 posts)brewens
(13,582 posts)safe, order or escort them out, or anything else like that. If not, then they were planning on taking hostages.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)because she is putting people in danger with her part in the insurrection, on the way out the door.
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Conspiracy to do some bad shit?
NotASurfer
(2,149 posts)Qualifying statements with "I would not be displeased if..." or "I wish someone would..." and then claiming they had nothing to do with the outcome.
Then the wiretaps, photographs, videos, and communication to organize the crime have to be obtained and appropriate RICO Act indictments made.
Doesn't help when your co-conspirators are doing live documentation to social media of your so-called "alleged" mob activity