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Former J6 advisor: The most important part of the Jan. 6 investigation isn't about Trump [View all]
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/former-j6-advisor-the-most-important-part-of-the-jan-6-investigation-isn-t-about-trump/ar-AA12TmaC?pc=U483&cvid=2fc48791a2264c5aaa0c8e6f5f3e185bWASHINGTON, DC — Former President Donald Trump has remained the central focus of the special Jan. 6 committee’s investigation, but the true story of the insurrection is an expansive, interconnected web of elected and unelected Republicans who prize power more than any principles they’ve camouflaged their motives in over the years. That hidden threat to democracy has only grown stronger since last year’s failed insurrection, according to the findings of former Republican Congressman Denver Riggleman.
After he served as a senior technical advisor to the special committee, he says the real, still untold story is of a major political party that’s been completely co-opted by online conspiracy theorists.
“The fact that you have so many GOP congressional members and former congressional members, as well as individuals from the cabinet and high-level GOP influencers, like Ginni Thomas, all pushing the same nonsense, it became quite clear that conspiracy theories had metastasized across the entire GOP infrastructure,” told Raw Story this week.
After he served as a senior technical advisor to the special committee, he says the real, still untold story is of a major political party that’s been completely co-opted by online conspiracy theorists.
“The fact that you have so many GOP congressional members and former congressional members, as well as individuals from the cabinet and high-level GOP influencers, like Ginni Thomas, all pushing the same nonsense, it became quite clear that conspiracy theories had metastasized across the entire GOP infrastructure,” told Raw Story this week.
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I can't help but think of other GOPers that have issued warnings. Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex.
More recently it was John McCain that warned that extremists would co-opt the party. He even very publicly corrected a woman at a town hall during his campaign when she falsely claimed that Barak Obama was a Muslim, "not one of us," etc.
There doesn't seem to be enough GOPers willing to stand up to the lies and conspiracies that are developed by the GOP in their campaigns against Democrats.
The money and power are just to tempting for them. And despite calling themselves "Christian," they not only embrace the lies but push them--preying on the fears and ignorance of the electorate.
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