House Majority Leader Hoyer says he doesn't accept the 'premise' that Antifa is violent

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House Majority Leader Hoyer says he doesn't accept the 'premise' that Antifa is violent

"I don't know that to be the case," Hoyer said in response to GOP Rep. Louie Gohmert referring to Antifa and BLM as "violent."


By Nicholas Ballasy

Updated: January 5, 2021 - 12:57pm


House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Tuesday slammed Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert's recent statement critical of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, also saying he doesn't "accept" the premise those groups are violent.

Hoyer, a Maryland Democrat, said Gohmert "seemed to be encouraging people to come to Washington and take up violence, if that were called for, in order to express their belief that this was not an honest, fair election."

Referencing a judge's decision to deny Vice President Mike Pence the ability to overturn election results, Gohmert said, "If bottom line is, the court is saying, 'We're not going to touch this. You have no remedy.' Basically, in effect, the ruling would be that you've got to go the streets and be as violent as Antifa and BLM."

Gohmert walked back the comments over the weekend.

"I have not encouraged and unequivocally do not advocate for violence," Gohmert said. "I have long advocated for following the teachings and example of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. of peaceful protest. That does not keep me from recognizing what lies ahead when institutions created by a self-governing people to peacefully resolve their disputes hide from their responsibility. Violence is not the answer. The appropriate answer is courts and self-governing bodies resolving disputes as intended."

Hoyer repeated Gohmert's initial statement about Antifa and BLM on a press call Tuesday with reporters and said his remarks are "worthy of sanction" by the Congress.

"I do not accept that premise on Antifa and BLM, and I don't know that to be the case. But whether it's the case or not; that a member of Congress would suggest that people ought to go to the streets and be as violent as some other group is absolutely astounding, extraordinarily disappointing and worthy of sanction by the Congress of the United States," Hoyer said.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-majority-leader-says-he-doesnt-accept-premise-antifa-violent

[Wingnut]

I don't accept the premise that Steny is not a dumbass

[catfish1957]

Why would he speak ill of his street foot soldiers?

[240B]

It is a rejection, a refutation of basic reality.
You need to understand how Liberals think.
They are like little children, who believe in fairy tales.
Liberals think/believe that whatever they say is real reality.
"If I wish really, really, really hard, then my penis can become a woman.
They really believe this crap.
It is not so much what is real that is real, it is more what you want to be real that is real.
Liberals are little children. They never matured.

[libertybele]

It is a rejection, a refutation of basic reality.
You need to understand how Liberals think.
They are like little children, who believe in fairy tales.
Liberals think/believe that whatever they say is real reality.
"If I wish really, really, really hard, then my penis can become a woman.
They really believe this crap.
It is not so much what is real that is real, it is more what you want to be real that is real.
Liberals are little children. They never matured.

I don't think that they really believe the b.s. that they spew, they only spew it and defend it to fulfill their agenda.

[mountaineer]

Andy Ngô  @MrAndyNgo
Philadelphia Police charged 7 in relation to an #antifa riot on New Years Eve where black bloc militants smashed up federal buildings. They were also carrying a firebomb.
Adam McVicker
Meredith Tooker
Dustin Callahan
Sydney Miller
Allision Donohue
Jacob Robotin
Josey Augustine

9:45 AM · Jan 5, 2021·
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Andy Ngô@MrAndyNgo
5 have been charged w/felony riot while armed w/a dangerous weapon at a BLM-antifa riot in downtown Minneapolis on New Years Eve. Police recovered knives, a gun, spike balls, tasers & more.
Jordan Abhold, 26
Nelson Mendez, 31
Thomas Moseley, 29
Marc Holley, 32
Laura Galaviz, 29

8:54 AM · Jan 5, 2021
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Andy Ngô @MrAndyNgo
An antifa shot dead a man in downtown Portland just a few months ago. In 2019, antifa Connor Betts killed 9. Charles Landeros launched a school shooting. Willem van Spronsen came armed & firebombed a government facility. BLM extremist Micah Johnson killed 5. Gavin Long killed 3.
11:50 AM · Jan 2, 2021·

Such value-laden language! They're not violent at all.

[GtHawk]

Better to Remain Silent and Be Thought a Fool than to Speak and Remove All Doubt

[Smokin Joe]

Stenny's an effing idiot. Unfortunately, that seems to resonate with his base.