Republicans, too cowardly to openly defend January 6 insurrections, continue to gaslight Americans

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Amanda Marcotte
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Obviously, the biggest problem with the GOP response to January 6 is the immorality of it. But man, I continue to be grossed out by what sniveling cowards they are, always hinting at support for the insurrection without coming out just saying it.

Republicans, too cowardly to openly defend January 6 insurrections, continue to gaslight Americans
Republicans have a ton of excuses for not supporting the Jan. 6 investigation — yet never admit the true reason
salon.com
10:10 AM · Jul 28, 2021

https://www.salon.com/2021/07/28/republicans-too-cowardly-to-openly-defend-january-6-insurrections-continue-to-gaslight-americans/

Morally, of course, the worst part about the Republican response to the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection is that they're trying to undermine the group's work at the behest of Donald Trump, the man who incited the violent riot in a last-ditch effort to throw out the results of his 2020 election loss. But I fully admit that, on a purely personal level, I'm deeply disgusted by just what sniveling cowards Republicans are being as they go about this.

Perhaps the most grating fact is that not one person in the party, not even the loudest mouthed jackasses or most shamelessly fascistic Republicans, will just come right out and say it: They don't like the January 6 commission because they disagree with the committee's basic premise that fascist insurrections are bad. Instead, Americans are being treated to a whirlwind of deflection, gaslighting, victim-blaming, and even victim-mockery — all in an attempt to fill the discourse with noise meant to give Republicans the space to back Trump while pretending that doesn't include backing his attempted coup of the 2020 election or any coups he may attempt in the future.

Republican leadership in the House of Representatives kicked off the efforts to undermine the hearing early on Tuesday, with a bizarre press conference that involved Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York playing the your-fault-for-wearing-a-short-skirt card against Rep. Nancy Pelosi, accusing the San Francisco Democrat of bearing "responsibility as Speaker of the House for the tragedy that occurred on January 6th."

Pelosi, of course, was actually one of the primary targets of the insurrectionists, who were braying for her blood and ransacking her office in a frenzy of misogynistic loathing for one of the highest-ranking woman in the federal government.

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[Champp]

1. It sucks to be a "sniveling coward"

Many Republicans inwardly realize, according to many important people who are special enough to know these kinds of things, they say.

[crickets]

2. K&R for visibility.