East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert suggested Sunday that the Jan. 6 riot was a left-wing conspiracy, denouncing the arrests of people who stormed the Capitol hoping to overturn President Donald Trump’s defeat as “intimidation” in the service of “tyranny.” “I advocate for what Dr. King did — peaceful protests. But we can’t let them intimidate us from not protesting. That’s …
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July 12, 2021