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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,996 posts)
Wed May 12, 2021, 12:23 PM May 2021

McCarthy Hired Trump Official Who Helped Organize Stop the Steal Rally Preceding Capitol Riot

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) hired Brian Jack, a top adviser to former President Donald Trump, months after Jack helped organize the "stop the steal" rally that immediately preceded the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

Jack, who was hired by McCarthy in March, was "directly involved in helping set up the rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol," according to Tuesday report from Charlie Sykes, editor of the conservative anti-Trump website The Bulwark. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), a stalwart Trump supporter who spoke at the rally, identified Jack as the person who asked him to speak at the rally.

"Per my cell phone records, on Tuesday morning, January 5, I had a telephone call with Brian Jack, White House Political Director," Brooks wrote in a statement on January 12. " He asked me to speak at the Trump rally the next day, Wednesday morning."

"I had never attended a Trump rally in my life but had seen many on TV, and thought it an honor for the White House to invite me to address Trump volunteers and supporters, so I readily agreed," he added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mccarthy-hired-trump-official-who-helped-organize-stop-the-steal-rally-preceding-capitol-riot/ar-BB1gCVvO

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McCarthy Hired Trump Official Who Helped Organize Stop the Steal Rally Preceding Capitol Riot (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2021 OP
It seems to me that Brian Jack should be speaking to the FBI and Congress under oath. Ford_Prefect May 2021 #1
⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧⇧ spanone May 2021 #2
Right? I read these headlines, and it's just absolutely surreal msfiddlestix May 2021 #3
I still think that every thing McCarthy does comes from Trump. Marie Marie May 2021 #4

msfiddlestix

(7,282 posts)
3. Right? I read these headlines, and it's just absolutely surreal
Thu May 13, 2021, 01:36 PM
May 2021

What country do I live in? Venezuela? Brazil? Argentina? Russia? China? Where am I?

It's just constant freaking nightmare. Yeah, it's just insane. that's all.

I'd like to wake up from it soon.

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