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I would really rather stay out of American politics as I find it quite disgusting. But there are truths and there are gross exaggerations and there are unsolved mysteries in the Jan 6th Capitol riots that I cannot resist.
‘American heroes’: Biden hails latest officers to die by suicide
following Jan 6 Capitol riot
3 Aug, 2021 16:45
US President Joe Biden has praised two Capitol Police officers who died by suicide last month as “American heroes” for their service during the January 6 riot, which he described as an attack on “our very democracy.”
The president’s tweet on Tuesday echoed the words of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who had praised the deceased Officer Gunther Hashida on Monday, following his death on July 29, as one who had “risked his life to save our Capitol, the Congressional community and our very Democracy.”
Hashida was found dead at his home on Thursday. Officer Kyle DeFreytag, reported to have also died by suicide, was found on July 10.
The latest officer deaths raise the number of Capitol Police suicides in the wake of the riot to four. A fifth officer, Brian Sicknick, also died soon after the demonstration, though his death by stroke was ultimately confirmed to be from natural causes after much rumormongering by the media.
While the events of January 6 have been described by the Biden administration, the Democratic Party, and sympathetic media as an “armed insurrection,” Republicans have downplayed the day's events and suggested the administration and Democrats are using it to push their political agenda and cast Trump supporters are domestic terrorists.
The only person who died as a result of the riot itself was Air Force vet Ashli Babbitt, a Trump supporter, who was shot by a Capitol Police officer.
In fact, no one was shot, no one was arrested for having weapons. Please correct me if I'm wrong but did any rioter carry a weapon more deadly than a cell-phone? The riot itself seemed to me more like a party of fools intent on little more than graffiti than an insurrection against the government.
Three others who died at the Capitol, all among the protesters, died of heart attack, stroke, and drug overdose. However, dozens of Capitol Police were reportedly injured on that day.
The apparent intention of Biden’s words regarding the dead officers was not lost on his social media supporters, who were quick to blame former President Trump for the officers’ suicides, despite the fact that nothing has surfaced indicating the reasons they took their own lives.
Hundreds of participants in the January 6 protest, which aimed to block the certification of Biden’s Electoral College win, are facing criminal charges.
Accused of everything up to and including domestic terrorism, those who’ve made it through the system have received hefty sentences – one man, who took selfies in the Senate chamber, received eight months in prison plus two years’ probation.
The FBI has dubbed them ‘homegrown violent extremists’ and used them as the basis for claiming extremism is running rampant throughout the country, even calling on Americans to turn in their family members and friends.
The extremism is in the hyperbole used by the FBI. This appears to me like Deep State trying to land a death knell against those who are not willing to follow the Deep State agenda - Trump supporters.
I wouldn't be surprised if the FBI was involved in inflaming the rioters. Fear is the most effective means of manipulating people into doing things they would otherwise not do. What is the FBI trying to incite in America?
I would be surprised if Trump lives long enough to be a threat in 2024. It is disappointing that he did not foresee the event being used as it has been. It is difficult to see what benefit he expected from encouraging the riot.
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Republican senator claims FBI knew more about Capitol riot
than they admitted, as 2 more police officers die by suicide
3 Aug, 2021 16:40
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) at Senate Budget Committee at the US Capitol © Greg Nash/Pool via REUTERS
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has suggested the FBI knew more about the alleged planning of the January 6 Capitol riot than they have let on. His comments were made in a private conversation captured by the media.
Johnson recently made his claims while outside of a Wisconsin hotel after a political event, according to video obtained by the Washington Post.
“I don’t say this publicly, but are you watching what’s happening in Michigan?” the senator asked attendees. “So you think the FBI had fully infiltrated the militias in Michigan, but they don’t know squat about what was happening on January 6th or what was happening with these groups? I’d say there is way more to the story.”
The “militias in Michigan” seemingly refers to the arrest of several men last summer for allegedly plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer over her policies and leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic. The men have since defended themselves, saying federal authorities entrapped and baited them.
Johnson has defended the Capitol rioters in the past and downplayed the events of January 6, saying he did not feel threatened that day and claiming most rioters were “peaceful protesters.”
“I’m just pushing back on that narrative,” he said, adding that the media, Democrats, and Republicans like Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger – who both sit on the House committee investigating the riot – are “painting 75 million Americans who voted for Trump as attached with domestic terrorists.”
The senator did condemn those who turned to violence on January 6, saying he is “not happy with those guys that stood on the Capitol and created the acts of violence... I’ve said that repeatedly and strongly.”
There has been no official proof that the FBI knew details about the Capitol riot before it took place, but it is a theory that has been floated by more and more conservative pundits, including Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, who questioned the FBI’s potential involvement in a segment on his show last month.
A report issued the day before the riot from an FBI Norfolk field office warned of threats of violence for the following day, something critics say went unused by Capitol police and other government agencies.
Because, after all, it is only the US Capitol!
Two Senate committees also released a report last month, blasting the “critical breakdowns involving several federal agencies,” including the FBI, in regards to the Capitol riot and taking previous threats seriously.
A Johnson spokesperson defended his comments about the FBI to the Post, saying the senator is only asking questions about important topics, and even criticized the FBI for not having an “integrated security plan” for the day of the riot.
The senator’s comments follow the tragic death of two more DC police officers at the Capitol in January. Both men reportedly died by suicide, bringing the total of police officer suicides stemming from January 6 to four.
And no investigation into this rash of suicides!!!
The announcement this week of the deaths of Gunther Hashida and Kyle DeFreytag has led to a wave of memorializations and praise for the officers on social media, including from President Joe Biden.
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