Right-wing propaganda is annihilating the truth about Jan. 6 - Democrats must fight back

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.salon.com/2021/04/14/right-wing-propaganda-is-annihilating-the-truth-about-jan-6--democrats-must-fight-back/

The attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump's forces on Jan. 6 is one of the most documented crimes in American history. Trump's coup attempt and related events were publicly planned. As president, Trump himself continually made such threats throughout his time in office. He personally summoned his followers to Washington in the days leading up to the 6th, and many of his followers recorded themselves attacking the Capitol and its defenders, or posed for selfies after they breached its defenses and entered the building. These acts of collective narcissism have become key evidence in the federal manhunt for Trump's insurrectionists. The events of Jan. 6 were also recorded and tracked by surveillance cameras, both at the Capitol and throughout Washington and the surrounding area.

A new feature in Time magazine by Vera Bergengruen and Bill Hennigan offers the following details:

Surveillance and law enforcement body cameras captured more than 15,000 hours of footage. The federal government has snagged some 1,600 electronic devices, each likely teeming with electronic communications. Citizens from across the country have flooded the FBI with more than 270,000 tips, which include videos, photos and social media posts. And the rioters themselves extensively captured their exploits on camera, posting hours of digital evidence of the rampage. Thanks to that torrent of evidence, more than 370 suspects have been arrested on charges related to the insurrection.

When viewed in total, the images, sounds and video footage of the mayhem at the Capitol (including news coverage of the day's events) offer a compelling story about Donald Trump and his Republican Party's treason and embrace of terrorism. Democrats could and should use Jan. 6 to tarnish the Republican Party and Trump's movement such as to effectively force them from public life, so that being identified as a Republican or Trump follower would be a mark of ignominy.

Every media appearance by a Republican in an interview or appearance on a cable news panel should be prefaced with the question, "Do you support Donald Trump and the events of Jan. 6?" That way, prominent Republicans could constantly be forced to reject Trump and his movement and followers. Television ads recycling the most striking images from the Capitol attack could be used to ensure that the American people are not permitted to throw the insurrection down the memory hole in an act of organized forgetting. Treason, terrorism and betrayal of America would forever be linked to the Republican Party and Donald Trump.

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[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Pretty much everyone knows FOX is an RNC network.

Never look to them for truth.

[musette_sf]

2. K&R

[blueinredohio]

3. That's why democrats need to start investigating the insurrection.

Before people forget how bad it was and start believing it wasn't that bad.

[joetheman]

11. I agree. And sooner, rather than later. nt

[TwilightZone]

4. The suckers are going to believe whatever they're fed.

There's not much we can do about that. Tucker's gonna Tucker.

Salon's recommendations are, as is often the case, rather unrealistic.

Such as:

"Every media appearance by a Republican in an interview or appearance on a cable news panel should be prefaced with the question, "Do you support Donald Trump and the events of Jan. 6?"

Really, Salon? How to you propose to enforce that?

It's also complete bullshit that the Democratic Party has "moved on". Typical Salon garbage.

[PortTack]

6. Agree! No one in the real world thinks the insurrection didn't happen and most if not all want

Convictions

[localroger]

5. It will be kind of hard for them to keep spinning this as the indictments come down

...and then the prosecutions. Most slam-dunk, due to all the cellphone video. I am genuinely wondering how these fuckwits think it might work out otherwise.

[bdamomma]

7. Truth

and facts do not exist with these propagandists.

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. BS

[JI7]

10. The people who believe that crap WANT to believe it . They are mostly trashy racist

people and to fight the lies means calling out their trashiness.

Stop pretending they actually believe the crap about pedophiles . They just make that up as cover for the trash they support.