GOP congressmen sign letter warning of 'hyper-politicization' of Capitol riot prosecutions

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Two Republican congressmen fear "hyper-politicization" will mean unfair treatment for some of the suspects in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Rep. Thomas Massie, the Republican congressman who represents Northern Kentucky, and Rep. Chip Roy, a Texas Republican, outlined their concerns in a May 13 letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

"Those that damaged property and assaulted police officers on January 6th should rightfully face justice," Massie and Roy wrote in the joint letter. "However, the public outcry and hyper-politicization of the events on January 6th may incentivize prosecutors to use overly aggressive tactics, overcharge, and abuse the power of the federal government in order to satisfy favored political groups."

On the day of the riot, the threat posed by the crowd concerned Massie enough that he grabbed his gun and barricaded himself and a few staffers in his office in the Capitol complex.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gop-congressmen-sign-letter-warning-002857644.html

Why do I have a suspicion that the gun he grabbed doesn't shoot bullets?

[Claire Oh Nette]

1. They're Complicit

What is the appropriate level of response for domestic terrorism, sedition and insurrection?

Pretty sure Merrick Garland isn't concerned about what the GOP insurrectionist cowards think. The rest is pure projection of their own arrogance and sedition gone wrong.

[Progressive Jones]

2. Overly aggressive? They'll get a few years in jail. They're lucky there won't be executions. nt

[Takket]

3. almost all of these people are out on bail.

i don't think we need to worry about them being treated unfairly, and if the prosecutors are over-zealous, that is what judges and juries are for. They will get their day in court and prosecutors will have to prove their case.

if the USA was a country like Iran or Russia, the insurrection would have ended as a pile of corpses. These scumbags are getting treated way more fairly than any black person in the system.

[tanyev]

4. Oh, please. Hyper-politicization created the riot.

[abqtommy]

5. +100 Thanks! I was just thinking the same thing.

[spanone]

6. what kind of bullshit is this?

[gratuitous]

7. It's an outrage, I tells ya!

All the insurrectionists they're arresting and charging are Trump supporters! They're not arresting any Biden voters at all. What clearer evidence do we need to see that this is hyper-politicized???

I don't know how stupid Massie and Roy are, but it's pretty clear they think their constituents are low intelligence.

[onecaliberal]

8. Classic repuke projection.