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applegrove

(118,811 posts)
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:21 PM Feb 2021

GOP Lawmaker Falsely Says Insurrection Was 'Staged'

GOP Lawmaker Falsely Says Insurrection Was ‘Staged’

February 9, 2021 at 5:20 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 70 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/02/09/gop-lawmaker-falsely-says-insurrection-was-staged/

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Michgan Senate Majority leader Mike Shirkey (R), the highest ranking Republican elected official in the state, recently said he believes the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol was not carried out by supporters of former president Donald Trump, calling the idea a “hoax” and stating that the attacked was “staged,” the Detroit Free Press reports.

Said Shirkey in a video: “That wasn’t Trump people. That’s been a hoax from day one. It was all staged,”

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GOP Lawmaker Falsely Says Insurrection Was 'Staged' (Original Post) applegrove Feb 2021 OP
Because of course the cult has to erase what their flying monkeys did at the Capitol applegrove Feb 2021 #1
Funny how everyone arrested so far has a long history of supporting Trump. tanyev Feb 2021 #2
That is the great part of it! Chainfire Feb 2021 #5
Yeah, Antifa actors dressed up as Trump fans Mr.Bill Feb 2021 #3
Shirkey is an SOB sakabatou Feb 2021 #4

tanyev

(42,623 posts)
2. Funny how everyone arrested so far has a long history of supporting Trump.
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 07:58 PM
Feb 2021

Were they all in on the hoax? Or were the hoaxers so skilled that they have all evaded being identified, leaving the poor violent deplorables holding the bag?

Chainfire

(17,644 posts)
5. That is the great part of it!
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 08:27 PM
Feb 2021

We are so damn smart as to be able to rig elections and fake Trump supporters and only two or three people in the whole country can figure it out. The guy is a fucking jenius.

Mr.Bill

(24,330 posts)
3. Yeah, Antifa actors dressed up as Trump fans
Tue Feb 9, 2021, 08:10 PM
Feb 2021

so they could riot at the Capitol and overturn an election their guy won.

Got it.

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