DC rally organizer Ali Alexander : I was helped by 3 GOP congressmen.

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Rep Paul Gosar (AZ)....Rep Andy Biggs (AZ)...Rep Mo Brooks (AL). These 3 seditionists helped start the rally, causing the death of 5 people. (CNN)

Throw these traitors in a deep, dark, wet, cold hole for all days. They're the worst kind of people.

[Cobalt Violet]

1. are these the ones giving tours the day before?

Not sure if that is even know yet. I have no problem believing that some repuke congress deplorables are involved. When the proof comes out we need to show no mercy. We can't heal with white privileged still intact.

[Kid Berwyn]

2. AKA Ali Akbar

Robert Mercer Bankrolled PAC Advised By Notorious Fringe ‘Philosopher’ Ali Alexander

By Davis Richardson
The Observer • 10/30/18

Excerpt...

Alexander is one of the many New Right media celebrities orbiting Trump land who built a brand through livestreaming musings on political warfare. Like many New Right figures, he also has a history of dog whistling to the nationalist wing of the MAGA movement.

Source: https://observer.com/2018/10/robert-mercer-bankrolled-pac-ali-alexander/

[thucythucy]

6. We definitely need to follow the money.

Funding domestic terrorists should carry the same legal risks and penalties as funding ISIS.

Also: one more reason to raise taxes on billionaires--less cash for them to throw to terrorists and terrorist wannabes.

[Pachamama]

12. Am I the only one that sees the irony that Republicans were working together with someone

..with the name “Ali Akbar”. ( ie Allah Akbar which is shouted by Jihadists and the 9/11 terrorists) in an action to attack our Capitol amd Government?

How convenient that he modified his birth name to a nice gentrified name like “Alexander”...

But I believe if indeed that there are Members of Congress and staffers and others on Government who worked and coordinated with this “Ali Alexander (aka Ali Akbar) or any other person who participated in the assault on our Capitol, that they should be removed from office, fired and charged.



PS: I want to know when the FBI has arrested Mr “Alexander” and when he has been charged.

I want Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs, Gosar, Harley, Cruz, Lauren Boehsert, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Matt Gretzky, Jim Jordan, Ron Johnson and oh so many more investigated and to see what they were texting and emailing in the months, weeks, days, hours and minutes as this event unfolded and what their roles were.

And investigate the fucking Mercers who along with others bankrolled this.

Oh yeah - and who wants to bet Roger Stone, Mike Flynn and Steve Brannon had their hand in this too?

[Mike 03]

3. Is there any evidence yet that these two things are related:

Mikie Sherrill claims Congress members gave 'reconnaissance' tours day before Capitol raid

In a live webcast Tuesday evening, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-11, made a startling claim that some members of Congress led groups of people through the Capitol Building on a "reconnaissance" tour one day before the riot that laid a deadly siege on the government's legislative branch.

During the Facebook Live, Sherrill, a Montclair resident............................
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But after laying out her many reasons for seeking Trump's removal, she set her sights on congressional colleagues who, she said, abetted his attempt to overturn the results of the election and undermine democracy through a violent mob.

"I'm going to see they are held accountable, and if necessary, ensure that they don't serve in Congress," she said, speaking sedately, but severely.

Sherrill did not specify whether the "groups" were visibly staunch adherents of President Trump's, nor did she detail what she described as "a reconnaissance," a term that hearkens back to Sherrill's prior military service and refers to an exploratory mission for the purpose of gaining enemy information.................................

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142669174

Because it wouldn't surprise me in the least.

[bullwinkle428]

4. CNN said that Biggs was completely trying to deny any involvement

with the rally. He's clearly shitting bricks at this point.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Gosar was kind of jittery when he made his opening statement on the 6th

I remember finding that odd, like, c’mon king wingnut, here’s the moment you’ve been asking for, what gives? Turns out he had a lot more on his mind than the speech.

[Mike 03]

8. This is interesting

I haven't personally verified it, but a DUer two days ago wrote that Gosar's twitter feed has been uncharacteristically silent since the events of last Wednesday.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Expel

Especially Brooks.

[Mike 03]

9. Especially Gosar

I guess it depends where you live.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Mo Brooks has been the "face" of the insurrection

along with Hawley and Cruz. They seemed to have been the most vocal and pernicious.

Hell, I would add the entire GOP membership of the PA State Assembly!

[CousinIT]

10. MUCH more here:

https://theintercept.com/2021/01/11/capitol-plot-andy-biggs-paul-gosar/

January 11 2021, 6:34 p.m.
THE HEAD OF the House Freedom Caucus, Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, helped plan the January 6 event that culminated in a storming of the Capitol, according to Ali Alexander, a lead organizer of the gathering. Alexander, a pro-Trump personality, was an early founder of the “Stop the Steal” movement and helped bring together various right-wing factions around a mass event on January 6, aimed to coincide with objections to the counting of Electoral College votes.

Alexander made his claim in three separate livestreams in late December, adding that Reps. Paul Gosar of Arizona and Mo Brooks of Alabama were also involved. “We’re the four guys who came up with a January 6 event,” Alexander said. On December 8, the Arizona Republican Party boosted Alexander, asking supporters if they were willing to give their lives in the fight over the results of the presidential election.

His claim is also buttressed by a fourth video from a December 19 rally at the Arizona State Capitol, at which Alexander played a video that Biggs had supplied. In the video, Biggs mentions Brooks as his ally in the fight. Gosar spoke in person at the event.

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Gosar did not respond to inquiries from The Intercept. Alexander did not respond to a text or phone call; his voicemail was full. Alexander, who adopted a new name after pleading guilty to felony property theft in 2007 and felony credit card abuse in 2008, has been suspended from Twitter and other platforms for his role in organizing the January 6 event. As the Daily Beast reported, he has said he has been unfairly blamed for the violence on January 6, and has gone underground.

Brooks, after the event, sought to legitimize political violence in a radio interview.In a statement to The Intercept following publication, Brooks’s office denied the congressman incited violence, writing in part: “Congressman Brooks has no recollection of ever communicating in any way with whoever Ali Alexander is. Congressman Brooks has not in any way, shape or form coordinated with Ali Alexander on the January 6th ‘Save America’ rally. Congressman Brooks spoke at the ‘Save America’ rally at the invitation of the White House (the invitation was extended the day before), not anyone else.”

Alexander’s contemporaneous claims have taken on new relevance as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has floated the possibility of expelling members of Congress who are found to have been involved in the riot. “Your views on the 25th Amendment, 14th Amendment Section 3 and impeachment are valued as we continue,” she wrote to her colleagues over the weekend.

Lots more interesting info in the rest of the article. Worth a read.

[Mike 03]

11. Is there enough probable cause

to seize the electronic communications of these four characters?

Knowing Gosar, he took zero precautions to hide his tracks. It's probably all right there in text messages and emails.

[KewlKat]

13. Gosar's sister Jennifer is on CNN right now and says he was involved.

His brother is also on and both are asking for his removal.

[Gothmog]

15. These congresscritters need to be expelled