CPAC notebook: Rep. Louie Gohmert blames Jan. 6 riot on Democrats and a government conspiracy
East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert suggested Sunday that the Jan. 6 riot was a left-wing conspiracy, denouncing the arrests of people who stormed the Capitol hoping to overturn President Donald Trump’s defeat as “intimidation” in the service of “tyranny.”
“I advocate for what Dr. King did — peaceful protests. But we can’t let them intimidate us from not protesting. That’s what this treatment of people that got arrested was all about — intimidation,” the Tyler Republican, a former trial judge, said at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Federal authorities are still hunting for 300 suspects in the Capitol attack, and 535 people have been arrested.
Gohmert has been one of the most outspoken members of Congress echoing Donald Trump’s unproven claims that the election was stolen. On Jan. 6, Congress met to ratify the Electoral College tallies that by then each state had certified. Gohmert supported objections that would have nullified millions of votes.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/07/11/cpac-rep-louie-gohmert-blames-jan-6-riot-on-democrats-and-a-government-conspiracy/
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