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07 March 2021
Congresswoman releases 2,000-page report showing Republicans' social media posts about election fraud conspiracies & 147 Republican lawmakers still objected to the election results after the Capitol attack 6MAR & 7JAN21
THE neo-nazi, fascist, authoritarian wing of the gop / greed over people-republican party, in alliance with the right wing, white supremacist, neo-nazi, fascist, authoritarian domestic terrorist remain the greatest threat to our democratic Republic. All of these traitors in the U.S. Congress, mostly representatives in the House who participated in the insurrection of 6 JAN 21 and / or gave aid, support and comfort to anyone who participated in the insurrection of 6 JAN 21 should be charged with treason as they have violated their oath of office and have failed to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. If the voters in their districts reelect them to office then they too are traitors and bring shame to our nation by claiming to be Americans. Thank you Rep Zoe Lofgren D CA for having the courage to expose these traitorous representatives to the nation. We need to press the leadership of the House and when appropriate, the Justice Dept, to bring charges against all those who participated in and / or supported the treasonous insurrection of 6 JAN 21. From CBS News and VOX.....
A Democratic congresswoman has released a nearly 2,000-page report compiling social media posts about the 2020 election from House Republicans who voted to overturn the results. The report lays out how some Republicans relentlessly pushed misinformation and conspiracy theories about election fraud, and kept at it even after Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol.
"Like former President Trump, any elected Member of Congress who aided and abetted the insurrection or incited the attack seriously threatened our democratic government," Representative Zoe Lofgren writes in the introduction of her report.
The California lawmaker suggests the social media posts could be used as evidence for potential punishments of these Congress members, including expulsion and any criminal charges stemming from the Capitol insurrection.
Representative Paul Gosar was the most prolific, with his posts taking up 177 pages of the report. The Arizona Republican's messages include phony allegations of his own state "stealing" the election, and support for protests against local election officials. He wrote in one post that officials who were "stealing" votes were committing "sedition and treason."
Gosar's office declined to comment to CBS News.
Posts from Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama, one of the first Congress members to publicly challenge Mr. Trump's defeat, span 123 pages of the report. Posts from Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican sworn in to Congress on January 3, take up nearly 100 pages.
The posts echo many popular conspiracy theories that later disproven through investigations, including claims that dead people voted and that Dominion voting machines flipped votes to Joe Biden. Some House Republicans posted selfies from "Stop The Steal" protests against the election results. Some also told supporters that Mr. Trump had indeed won the election.
These falsehoods fueled the mob of Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6 as Congress counted the electoral votes confirming Mr. Biden's victory. The siege led to five deaths, and to Mr. Trump being impeached a second time just one week before the end of his term.
But the report shows that even this didn't change the tone from some Republicans, who continued to post about election "irregularities" and "fraud" in the days after the riot. Several equated the Capitol riot with Antifa, Black Lives Matter and the nationwide racial justice protests from 2020.
"Those who stoke insurrection & spread conspiracy theories have blood on their hands," Taylor Greene wrote in a January 7 tweet tying top Democrats to mob violence. "They must be expelled."
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