Jan. 6: Seven Democrat Lies
The most transparent falsehoods peddled by the Democrats and media Thursday.
by David Catron
January 6, 2022, 9:57 PM
It was hardly a surprise that the Democrats shamelessly exploited the first anniversary of last January’s Capitol riot to resuscitate their stalled political agenda. Nor was it difficult to predict that various news outlets would attempt to bolster their sagging ratings with sensationalized coverage of the mayhem that occurred that afternoon. Nonetheless, the mendacity that permeated the speeches of the politicians and the coverage of the media was truly startling even by Beltway standards. It is impossible to debunk every lie that was told yesterday in a single article, but here are the most egregious falsehoods:
Lie # 1: The events of Jan. 6, 2021, constituted an armed insurrection.
President Joe Biden repeated this nonsense shortly after 9 a.m. yesterday during his remarks about the riot: “This wasn’t a group of tourists. This was an armed insurrection.” This characterization conjures up images of machine gun-wielding commandos bursting into the Capitol building and announcing the overthrow of the republic. The irony of this whopper is that dozens of video recordings reveal a group of people who actually did behave more like tourists than wild-eyed revolutionaries. They were “armed” with cell phones which they used to take selfies, and not a single protester has been charged with insurrection or treason.
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