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WATCH: Amy Klobuchar destroys Ron Johnson for conspiracy theory blaming Jan. 6 on 'provocateurs'
March 03, 2021
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on Wednesday pushed back against Sen. Ron Johnson's (R-WI) conspiracy theory claiming that insurrectionists who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 were simply "provocateurs."
At a joint Senate hearing on the Jan. 6 attack, Johnson focused on proving his earlier claim that the incident does not qualify as an "armed insurrection."
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"Seeking out the truth, that's what I'm trying to do," the senator explained, noting that he had been accused of spreading "conspiracy theories" after reading a conservative column into the record at an earlier hearing. The column used the phrase "agents-provocateurs" to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/23/politics/ron-johnson-january-6-capitol-attack/index.html">downplay the role of supporters of then-President Donald Trump</a>.
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At Wednesday's hearing, Johnson again entered a news report into the record claiming that the attackers were "provocateurs."
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But Klobuchar, who was chairing the hearing, refused to let the remark slide.
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"These people that were assaulting the Capitol in military gear and were pinning an officer between a door and were using bear spray on officers in the Capitol, would you title them provocateurs?" Klobuchar asked FBI Counterterrorism Division Director Jill Sanborn.
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"It would all depend on the evidence behind the case," Sanborn hedged.
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"Do you think there were some very serious violent people involved insurrection?" Klobuchar pressed.
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"100%" Sanborn agreed. "And there were some officers that were injured and a lot of damage was done."
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"And would you describe the atmosphere as festive?" the senator wondered.
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"Absolutely not," Sanborn said.
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Watch the video below.
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Former president Donald Trump has been served with a civil rights lawsuit that accuses him of inciting the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection.
Attorneys for Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) and the NAACP formally served the lawsuit, which was filed in February, to the former president at his Mar-A-Lago club, reported The Daily Beast.
<p>"Donald Trump has to go away," <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/naacp-trump-lawsuit-bennie-thompson/" target="_blank">Thompson said last month</a>. "If he doesn't, we will put him out of business."</p><p>The suit alleges that Trump incited the riot at the U.S. Capitol with his false claims about a "stolen" election, which the complaint says amounted to a conspiracy under the 1871 "Klan Act" to interfere with civil rights by stopping the certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College win.</p><p>The complaint names Trump, along with his attorney Rudy Giuliani, the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, as defendants.</p><p>No attorneys have stepped forward as Trump's representative in the lawsuit, which was signed for by someone named "Ricky" when it arrived at Mar-A-Lago by certified mail.</p>
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GOP's Boebert freaks out that Equality Act will establish 'supremacy of gays, lesbians and transvestites'
March 03, 2021
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) on Wednesday unleashed an angry tirade against the Equality Act that would make it illegal to discriminate against Americans on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
While appearing on former Trump White House political strategist Steve Bannon's "War Room" podcast, Boebert insisted that the Equality Act would actually put non-LGBT Americans at a disadvantage compared to their gay and transgender peers.
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"There is nothing about equality in that act!" Boebert said, even though the act itself is titled the Equality Act. "If anything, it's, the, uh, it's supremacy of gays, lesbians and transvestites. This is what this is about, it's about putting them higher than anyone else!"
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There is nothing in the Equality Act that establishes a doctrine of LGBT supremacy.
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Boebert also insisted that all the equality we need in the United States can be found in the Constitution's 14th Amendment, even though that amendment in and of itself was not sufficient to secure past civil rights victories for Black Americans and women.
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<em>Watch the video below</em>.<br/>
</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Rep. Lauren Boebert tells Steve Bannon the Equality Act is "supremacy of gays, lesbians and transvestites" <a href="https://t.co/j8T2Yx5RxT">pic.twitter.com/j8T2Yx5RxT</a><br/>— Justin Horowitz (@justinhorowitz_) <a href="https://twitter.com/justinhorowitz_/status/1367132702089052160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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