Yes. You read that right. Johnson is saying that he is intentionally hiding insurrectionists from prosecution in the release of tapes that Republicans claim will vindicate them on January 6th.
That’d be a confession to treason, then.
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Last I checked, Christianity includes several strong injunctions against lying and betraying, so he’s doing kinda shitty at Christianity too.
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You’ll find all Abrahamic religions are all quite big proponents of lying. Even the religious text shows sanctioned lies by God.
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Far-right Republicans like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and former President Donald Trump have praised Johnson’s promise to release the footage, saying it will “prove” that the activities of Jan. 6, 2021, were peaceful.
Only morons and guilty people believe this. I saw evidence to the contrary on live broadcast.
I was gonna say, we watched the events play out live on both news and social media. Peaceful protestors don’t scale the walls of the capitol building, bulldoze baracades, and threaten capitol police, all while chanting stop the steal.
That’s like saying a school shooting was peaceful because over 99.9% of people weren’t being violent.
Also all the people who went to jail for being peaceful.
Wouldn’t the DOJ have already seen this footage. Why would Congress have access to security footage that the cops don’t have already have access to?
This smells like some sort of play for time and or a way for GOP leaders to pretend to have their base’s backs.
Yup, it’s just theatre. Their idiot base will eat it right up too, because they are hateful idiots.
Yes.
Probably because https://seditionhunters.org/ will also be looking at the footage for better quality images of people. They provided a lot of the initial investigation cited in charging documents so far.
A lot of citizens coming through footage have been helpful in identifying the seditionists. We need to demand the raw footage and dox the rest of the criminals.
Half the country takes their bullshit seriously.
Not half of the country. Remember that Trump lost the popular vote.
Twice
Not even half of the voters.
Those are the stupids, who are fucking nuts, whose bullshit is being spoken of.
Just to chime in with the chorus. But half the country even voting is rare. It only happens sometimes during presidential years. And almost never on the in between years. And even then, especially at the national level. Republicans almost never win the popular vote. Republicans have boiled their base down to the most bat shit, irrational, and dedicated people. It isn’t going to shrink anymore. But the good news is that they’re not even close to half the country, and they’re not likely to grow either. If the rest of us realized this, organized and voted responsibility. They’d be stuck running for dog catcher in some Podunk shit hole. And likely losing because of their history of animal torture and abuse.
*because treasons
Why would you have to blur the faces of people doing nothing illegal or wrong?
So they’re not still claiming they were FBI plants or Antifa?
Fuck it, at this point the GOP thinks they were peaceful Antifa Trump-supporting FBI Agents Provacateur.
Or something.
I’m so confused by the GOP play here. I, along with hundreds of millions of people, saw this unfolding live on TV. Do they think that by releasing more footage we’re going to somehow be less mad?
This will appeal to their idiot voters who will say "look! 99% of the time they were peaceful! Nothing happened! You’re making a big deal of nothing.’
I dunno man, if I see 99% of the crowd is there in areas they’re not supposed to be with the intent on stopping the election certification, I don’t care if they’re arm in arm singing kumbaya, I want them in jail.
And, as always, they’d be lying.
Wonder if they’ll include time stamps on the footage or just find the angles that work best for the time stamps to try and show it ‘wasn’t that serious’. Either way I’m sure it’ll reinforce many people’s view that it was not a riot or insurrection. I don’t think this is true (just thinking how they will spin it), I’m Canadian and was quite worried for the US that day, well more than the usual days of Trump anyways. Trying to compare it for when people only look at news that help them feel satisfied with their view rather than properly look at evidence. One thing Republicans can do is spew propaganda in their favour and their base will nod in agreement.
And 99% of the time a bank robber was doing normal stuff too. They’re still a felon.
Haha that’s a good point. I’d love to see a lawyer try that argument that in court. “You’ll notice in this footage here that my client is standing in the bank doing nothing wrong. Yes, they’re wearing a ski mask and holding a gun, but at this point they are just standing in the bank, waiting for the teller to give them money, just like everyone else.”
Lmao
Bonus points if they bring their own stills from the security camera with the face blurred out.
Also… That’s not even my client, it’s some leftist terrorist. But also, nothing wrong going on here. But also, that money really does belong to my client and the bank should be ashamed of themselves.
You fuck one goat!
No, they’re going to keep drilling their talking points. The GOP aren’t doing engagement rhetoric anymore, they’re manufacturing consent for their next coup attempt. DOJ have tipped their hand and aren’t going after open and unrepentant criminals in power.
“We have to obstruct justice”
“We have to obstruct justice”
Seriously, how is this not grounds for immediate repercussions?
Because it’s completely, 100% bullshit.
Speaker Johnson implicates House GOP in conspiracy to obstruct justice and commits high treason along the way
Obstruction of justice
Cross ref blurred faces with unblurred media footage - Voilà! You have your perps.
Edit: Spelling. Lol
we don’t want them to be retaliated against and to be charged by the DOJ, and to have other concerns and problems
I thought bringing charges against people was a basic job requirement at DOJ.
This guy’s like no no no hol’ up lemme get this one because…why?
Ever since Reagan, the Republican party has been trying to destroy and dismantle the United States federal government. Their goal is no government.
The party of law and order sure doesn’t trust the department in charge of law and order and seems to want to protect criminals.
Criminals all from the top down.
I remember when many GOP lawmakers were reliving what happened on 1/6, and talking about how Trump almost got THEM killed, and I thought finally, we were going to see some action, thought they would finally have Trump cooked. So naive, I was.
I fully believe it has to do with Project2025. They want it so bad they are willing to die for it, and in all likelihood even kill for it.
see for themselves what happened that day, rather than having to rely upon the interpretation of a small group of government officials.
Dude, just stop.
I live on the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean and I clearly saw many laws being broken via a live internet stream. Everyone in the world with the opportunity who cared and/or fretted enough did.
Jericho Johnson is trying to change what the world has already seen clearly INTO the alternative reality interpretation of a small group of government officials.
So, obstruction of justice.
