Organizer of Saturday rally looks to rewrite Jan. 6 history

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The architect of a Washington protest planned for Saturday that aims to rewrite history about the violent January assault on the U.S. Capitol is hardly a household name.

Matt Braynard worked as an analyst for the Republican Party, crunched data for a small election firm and later started a consulting business that attracted few federal clients, records show. He started a nonprofit after he was dismissed by Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign following several months on the job, but struggled to raise money. The group’s tax-exempt status was revoked last year.

But Braynard’s fortunes changed abruptly after Trump’s 2020 election loss. He joined an aggrieved group of Trump allies seeking to overturn the election — and in the process reaped recognition, lucrative fees and a fundraising windfall that enabled him to rekindle his nonprofit.

Now, Braynard and his group, Look Ahead America, are using his newfound platform and resources to present an alternate history of the Jan. 6 attack that was meant to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s victory, rebranding those who were charged as “political prisoners.”

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-elections-campaigns-capitol-siege-51f4727ad3e1f16dbab612e310e91bb8

They love their alternate reality then get pissed off when no one agrees with their delusions.

[Bev54]

1. Just another grifter, using the idiots to send money to him

[spanone]

2. I hope the media ignores it.

[malaise]

5. I wish that DU would ignore him

[spanone]

6. Hey there!

[Caliman73]

7. I don't think they shouldn't ignore it. They should just frame it properly.

A bunch of pro-insurrection sympathizers who want to establish White Supremacy.

The problem with media is not that they give airtime to these idiots. The problem is that they present the idiots as having some kind of valid grievance or legitimate agenda.

They need to report on it, but they need to be sure that they are giving the only true story. These people lost an election. Tried to overthrow the government, but were too lame to do it, and now they are trying to change the story.

They should not do ANY analysis of the perspectives of the other side. Don't talk to them to get their point of view. Do not give them any platform from which to speak. Just say, "Look, there go a bunch of losers who supported the insurrection against democracy". That's it, though it seems a lot to ask of the current media.

[crickets]

8. Well said.

If tomorrow's little 'do' amounts to anything, it will be interesting to see how media chooses to cover it.

[Champp]

3. Yet another Republican liar climbs onto the propaganda bandbox.

Surprise, surprise.

[blm]

4. Today's GOP: Grifters-Oppressors-Perverts