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Denver Riggleman, a former Republican congressman who helped the January 6 committee link text messages sent to and from Trump White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, tells CNN's Anderson Cooper what scared him about what he uncovered about the January 6 insurrection.
czarjak
(11,278 posts)pfitz59
(10,381 posts)patience. the main course is about to begin.
towerbum
(263 posts)erronis
(15,303 posts)Anyone remember the universal T.V. remote that could change any screen (NoMoTV?)
dweller
(23,641 posts)On December 11, 2020, Riggleman gave a farewell address on the floor of the House. He said his experience as an Air Force intelligence officer taught him "... the invaluable lesson of considering the source" when examining disinformation. He stated that "a well-instructed" and knowledgeable people are the pillars of a functional republic, and that "Those pillars are now being assaulted by disinformation and outlandish theories surrounding this presidential election." Riggleman added "As we transition to a new administration I implore all to consider the sources of information you receive, to fact check diligently", he pled, asking his fellow Americans "to recognize that many bad actors who spread spurious and fantastical conspiracy theories under banners like QAnon, Kraken, 'Stop the Steal, 'Scamdemic' and many other emotive terms and coded language are not disseminating information rooted in knowledge but with questionable motives and greed. They are rooted in misunderstanding, or fraud or in some cases, ignorance." He told "all those on the end of the disinformation fire hose" that "unbiased, fact-based information sustains our republic," adding that "disinformation hinders our free exchange of ideas and creates super spreader digital viruses that create a fever of nonsense." He asked his audience to remember that "people are more important than party" and that "pandering is a political sickness."[23]
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On August 6, 2021, Riggleman was appointed to serve as a senior staffer to the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol .[24]
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dchill
(38,505 posts)Sounds like they're going to deliver!
towerbum
(263 posts)including the lying media !
brer cat
(24,578 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,535 posts)Jamie Raskin has said that the information presented will be "explosive!"
malaise
(269,057 posts)That is all
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)I felt that way when I read Howard Zinns book, The Peoples History of the US because I didnt learn any of that book in my history classes. I cried, and I was furious of the awful history of our so called United States.
2Gingersnaps
(1,000 posts)Also, "Lies My Teacher Told Me," and "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee."
It helped me to understand the power and the usefulness of willful ignorance.
hippywife
(22,767 posts)That's one of my favorite books of all time. The only other one that affected me that way was Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II, by Douglas Blackmon. I don't know how many times I just got so mad at what we weren't taught.
Wild blueberry
(6,636 posts)and I hope they lead to convictions.
Will be watching every minute of them.
Thank you.