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ck4829

(37,769 posts)
Wed May 26, 2021, 06:25 PM May 2021

Aaaand we've switched from "they were tourists" back to "it was a leftist plot" yet again

Former congresswoman Michele Bachmann continues to baselessly insist that the insurrection on Jan. 6 in which Trump supporters stormed the U.S Capitol in an attempt to prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s election as president was actually carried out by “the progressive left.”

During an appearance on Jan Markell’s “Understanding the Times” radio program Sunday, Bachmann claimed that the insurrection was really a false flag operation carried out by liberals for the purpose of harming the MAGA movement and undermining President Donald Trump’s legacy.

“Jan. 6, we’re all told that that’s the worst day that ever happened, these were the worst riots in America,” Bachmann said. “It absolutely wasn’t. It is my opinion that this was a theatrical event that the progressive left put on. The individuals who were the instigators, who brought this about, these were agitators brought in to create this problem. I believe it was specifically done to rebrand Donald Trump as being an insurrectionist and a leader of a terrorist movement. I also believe that this was done to rebrand the Make America Great agenda—because remember, that was considered extremely popular by about 80 million Americans—so they wanted to rebrand Make America Great as an evil thing and those of us who supported Donald Trump and that agenda as evil and terrorists.”

“That’s all a lie,” she continued. “In the last five months, you wouldn’t even know that Donald J. Trump was ever the president. You wouldn’t even know that those four years of his presidency existed. George Orwell wrote a book, ‘1984.’ He talked about a concept called the memory hole; if the government in charge didn’t want you to remember someone, they put them in the memory hole. Donald J. Trump has been put in a memory hole, Make America Great Again has been put in a memory hole.”

https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/michele-bachmann-claims-the-progressive-left-carried-out-the-capitol-insurrection-to-put-trump-down-the-memory-hole/

I don't think I've ever seen anything as two-faced as the explanations for the insurrection. Ever.

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Aaaand we've switched from "they were tourists" back to "it was a leftist plot" yet again (Original Post) ck4829 May 2021 OP
How many puke offices got shit in? Desks Damaged? pwb May 2021 #1
Hah! Mz Pip May 2021 #2
Yeah right! Go Home - we Love you! malaise May 2021 #3
She still kooky. All of that is of course made up garbage. brush May 2021 #4
Good grief ChubbyStar May 2021 #5
Well they should want to investigate it then! nt live love laugh May 2021 #6
She should go ask all the locked up proud boys how leftist they consider themselves. Volaris May 2021 #7
They use Sullivan in every example... it's all they've got WarGamer May 2021 #8
Nothing is scarier than Antifa on vacation lame54 May 2021 #9
Oh, bless you for this. I've started becoming a bit depressed by various "takes" on Jan 6th. Biophilic May 2021 #10

pwb

(12,687 posts)
1. How many puke offices got shit in? Desks Damaged?
Wed May 26, 2021, 06:30 PM
May 2021

Last edited Thu May 27, 2021, 12:03 PM - Edit history (1)

Torn apart? Is it none?

Mz Pip

(28,459 posts)
2. Hah!
Wed May 26, 2021, 06:32 PM
May 2021

If the GOP really believed this was a leftist plot then they would be crawling all over themselves demanding an investigation.

 

brush

(61,033 posts)
4. She still kooky. All of that is of course made up garbage.
Wed May 26, 2021, 06:36 PM
May 2021

These republicans spin that crap wherever they can and know they're lying through their teeth.

No morals at all. Party way before country or democray.

Volaris

(11,718 posts)
7. She should go ask all the locked up proud boys how leftist they consider themselves.
Wed May 26, 2021, 07:01 PM
May 2021

There ARE appropriate words to describe her, but they're not appropriate HERE.

Biophilic

(6,554 posts)
10. Oh, bless you for this. I've started becoming a bit depressed by various "takes" on Jan 6th.
Wed May 26, 2021, 08:08 PM
May 2021

Your take still has been laughing. Yea, nothing scarier than Antifa on vacation. What a thought.

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