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MTG: "I have no knowledge of any attempt" to stop the election certification (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2022 OP
I think that was a lie Walleye Apr 2022 #1
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Apr 2022 #10
Is she under oath? Aristus Apr 2022 #2
Yes - nt Ohio Joe Apr 2022 #11
Wouldn't her behavior before January 6th and on January 6th answer this question? secondwind Apr 2022 #3
What specific activity leads you to believe she had knowledge? brooklynite Apr 2022 #6
I saw a video of her before the insurrection telling people to come to Emile Apr 2022 #7
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Apr 2022 #12
A march had been scheduled since mid-December. Believe it or not, protests are not illegal, even if Hoyt Apr 2022 #13
A march to stop the counting of the electoral college vote! Emile Apr 2022 #15
We tried to stop it too on 1/6/2017, although not by storming the Capitol. Unless someone finds Hoyt Apr 2022 #17
Did someone tell the protestors to break in to the Capitol Building? brooklynite Apr 2022 #19
you're assuming facts not in evidence. Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #34
She made several videos. Cracklin Charlie Apr 2022 #22
Not yet! Emile Apr 2022 #25
Showing the video now! Telling people to storm the capital. Emile Apr 2022 #28
Here's some Nevilledog Apr 2022 #16
She definitely encouraged rubes to come to Washington to protest. That is not a crime. Now, if you Hoyt Apr 2022 #18
Did you even read the posts you're replying to? intheflow Apr 2022 #23
Here Nevilledog Apr 2022 #29
That's the best we have? Show up and protest. Now if she had said, ""We are going to run right over Hoyt Apr 2022 #35
Is that burning knickers I smell? FalloutShelter Apr 2022 #4
What part about hiding in plain sight don't you understand? bucolic_frolic Apr 2022 #5
Another one of those, "We know she is a liar and cheating GOPer, so she has to be guilty." Hoyt Apr 2022 #8
I have to agree. Caliman73 Apr 2022 #24
Exactly. Hoyt Apr 2022 #26
This has "scapegoat" vibes leftstreet Apr 2022 #30
"under my opinion" 867-5309. Apr 2022 #9
THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻 LenaBaby61 Apr 2022 #14
That I agree with 100%. Her District went 80% for trump, so she reflects her constituents. Hoyt Apr 2022 #27
She still promotes the Stop the Steal crap Bayard Apr 2022 #20
Did anyone ask where she was on the evening of Jan 5? nt Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #21
Post removed Post removed Apr 2022 #31
Funny, that we've all got live video evidence lindysalsagal Apr 2022 #32
What video evidence are you thinking of? brooklynite Apr 2022 #33
Jan 6 all afternoon CNN lindysalsagal Apr 2022 #37
good video here explaining the challenge to MTG Grasswire2 Apr 2022 #36

secondwind

(16,903 posts)
3. Wouldn't her behavior before January 6th and on January 6th answer this question?
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:26 AM
Apr 2022

The hearing is going on right now, as I type. It's riveting.

I've been off for about 20 minutes....

brooklynite

(94,585 posts)
6. What specific activity leads you to believe she had knowledge?
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:28 AM
Apr 2022

"We know what she was doing" is not admissible in Court.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
13. A march had been scheduled since mid-December. Believe it or not, protests are not illegal, even if
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:39 AM
Apr 2022

you don't like the people doing it.

There were protests after trump won in 2016 too. In fact, 7 Democrat senators tried to persuade then VP Biden to not count electoral votes. There was no storming the Capitol, though.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/thousands-us-protest-president-elect-donald-trump/story?id=43427653


"Vice President Joe Biden presided over a joint session of Congress Friday [1/6/2017], where members officially tallied electoral votes from the 2016 presidential election. President-elect Donald Trump’s 304 electoral votes weren’t counted without incident, however. During the course of the certification, House Democrats tried to object to electoral votes from multiples states, with Biden gaveling them down for failure to follow the rules."

https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/06/politics/electoral-college-vote-count-objections/index.html



 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
17. We tried to stop it too on 1/6/2017, although not by storming the Capitol. Unless someone finds
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:45 AM
Apr 2022

evidence that Greene ushered insurrectionists in through the back door, there is no proof that will hold up in court or in this hearing.

brooklynite

(94,585 posts)
19. Did someone tell the protestors to break in to the Capitol Building?
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:51 AM
Apr 2022

Did someone tell the protestors to disrupt the certification process?

Answer: no.

Members of the Proud Boys have agreed to confess to planning a break-in. They have NOT claimed that someone in the Administration or the GOP told them to.

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
34. you're assuming facts not in evidence.
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 01:05 PM
Apr 2022

We don't know if anyone in the administration or GOP told protesters to break into the Capitol or disrupt the certification process.

You can't say "no" unless you were personal witness to everything, everywhere.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
22. She made several videos.
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 12:02 PM
Apr 2022

I’m driving through Texas and can’t watch. Have they not showed any video evidence?

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
18. She definitely encouraged rubes to come to Washington to protest. That is not a crime. Now, if you
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:50 AM
Apr 2022

have something where she was involved in encouraging storming the Capitol -- like, "go to this door and I'll have one of my friends let you in" or "We built a ricity old gallows where we are going to hang Pence if you stupid rubes will kidnap him and drag him out" -- we've got her.

intheflow

(28,476 posts)
23. Did you even read the posts you're replying to?
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 12:03 PM
Apr 2022

"These Republicans refuse to allow out election to be stolen an I will continue that fight in Washington D.C., on January 6th when I join my colleague Rep. Mo Brooks to reject fraudulent electoral votes..."

Emphasis is mine. For you to defend her statement in the OP as free speech while ignoring the fact that it's an outright lie is disingenuous. Today she said she didn't have knowledge of any attempt to stop the election from being certified, but back in December she posted that she planned to reject the certification.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
35. That's the best we have? Show up and protest. Now if she had said, ""We are going to run right over
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 01:15 PM
Apr 2022

Capitol Police, shoot them if necessary, and stop Pence. Bring your gunz, spears, etc." we'd have her. Unfortunately, all she is doing playing to her constituents.

More evidence she is a POS. But not criminal.



 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
8. Another one of those, "We know she is a liar and cheating GOPer, so she has to be guilty."
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:32 AM
Apr 2022

That's the only evidence that exists.

It definitely convinces me that she -- like trump -- is unfit to hold office. However, it's not enough evidence to convict her of anything or remove her from the ballot.

Caliman73

(11,738 posts)
24. I have to agree.
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 12:03 PM
Apr 2022

There is a major difference between being a disgusting scummy person, and being a criminal. That major difference is clear evidence that a CRIME was committed.

Cheering on sedition, defending it, and calling the insurrectionists "heroes" is scummy, but not a crime. As said in other posts, if there is proof that she let them in the building, gave them blueprints for the Capitol, or provided any other material support, then guilty and disqualified. Otherwise she is just a disgusting member of this disgusting iteration of the Republican Party.

Bayard

(22,075 posts)
20. She still promotes the Stop the Steal crap
Fri Apr 22, 2022, 11:58 AM
Apr 2022

She's never stopped saying the election should be overturned.

And.....wasn't she one of the people who were spotted giving Capitol tours on Jan. 5th?

Response to Grasswire2 (Reply #21)

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