Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) proudly told longtime Trump associate Steve Bannon on his "War Room" podcast that he signed a letter demanding that FBI Director Kash Patel investigate Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) as domestic terrorists over a pair of speeches that did not call for violence.
"Let's go ahead and play — I've got some clips from ... two congressmen, one at a rally today, the other the other day, let's play it," said Bannon. "I want to have your observations and whatever actions you think are appropriate here, sir."
The Crockett clip featured her saying that she wants tech billionaire and Trump adviser Elon Musk to be "taken down" on her birthday, and added, "I've been so proud to see us organize behind a cause because here's the deal the things that we're fighting for, we are fighting for our country, we're fighting for democracy, we're fighting for our freedoms."
The Ocasio-Cortez speech, meanwhile, had a member of the audience blurt out "bring out the guillotines," with Ocasio-Cortez herself not verbally or visibly endorsing this remark and simply continuing her speech against Trump and the "oligarchs" funding him.
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"Okay, Congressman Crockett's there to take out Elon Musk in a fight, and you've got AOC at this rally where somebody starts saying 'bring out the guillotines,'" said Bannon. "The rhetoric's getting kind of heated. What do you think, Congressman Biggs?"
"Well, Steve, I think the rhetoric is abominable," said Biggs, a far-right lawmaker who has been accused of encouraging people to come to D.C. on Jan. 6. "It's not what we would call political discourse, it's not civil discourse, and so today I sent a letter, joined by a number of my colleagues, to FBI Director Kash Patel, and I've reminded him what USC 18 § 2335 says about domestic terrorism, and that's what's happening here. And domestic terrorism includes people who are inciting. And they're using this domestic terrorism to actually try to intimidate government officials to change policy. That is what you are seeing happening here."
"And these, these members of Congress, they're just as culpable, criminally, quite frankly, as, in my opinion, as those that are actually throwing the Molotov cocktails at the Teslas and are doxing people, just simply because they own cars," Biggs continued. "What they are saying is that they want to see these people punished physically and violently, that is contrary to law. That's domestic terrorism. And I think Pam Bondi and Kash Patel, I think want to get on this, and so we sent that letter to Director Patel and we want to see some action."
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