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babylonsister

(171,804 posts)
Thu May 19, 2022, 10:24 PM May 2022

House Republicans Claim They Only Offered Family Tours On The Eve Of 1/6 Attack

https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/19/house-republicans-claim-they-only-offered-family-tours-on-the-eve-of-1-6-attack.html


Posted on Thu, May 19th, 2022 by Jason Easley
House Republicans Claim They Only Offered Family Tours On The Eve Of 1/6 Attack


Rep. Barry Loudermilk denies providing a reconnaissance tour to terrorists and says he only gave family tours.

Loudermilk and Rep. Rodney Davis said in a statement:


The 1/6 Committee claims to have video evidence of the tour. The Republicans are claiming that they were just showing a family around on 1/5. If the Republicans stick to this story, it could get ugly fast if the video tells a different story.

Republicans have lied and refused to testify before the committee, so there is no good reason for anyone to believe them when they claim that they were giving “family tours.”

If Loudermilk was only giving a family tour, he should have no problem with explaining this to the committee. The denial and claim that the 1/6 Committee is pushing a false narrative is political spin, not an explanation for what was happening in the Capitol on 1/5.

House Republicans have gone from denying that there were any tours of the Capitol before the attack to claiming that they were only providing family tours.

Something isn’t adding up, and the 1/6 Committee should release the video and allow the American people to see who is telling the truth.
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House Republicans Claim They Only Offered Family Tours On The Eve Of 1/6 Attack (Original Post) babylonsister May 2022 OP
Family tours were not allowed. Cracklin Charlie May 2022 #1
+1, uponit7771 May 2022 #5
+1 nt jaysunb May 2022 #7
They don't care about that. They are willingg to say they violated KPN May 2022 #18
Guess these coup-planning traitors think everyone forgets... brush May 2022 #2
Is Loudermilk a product of Devin Nunes' cow? Blue Owl May 2022 #3
loudmilk equals pasture pastry/meadow muffin sprinkleeninow May 2022 #10
Drip dweller May 2022 #4
Pics? Ohio Joe May 2022 #6
From NO tours to Family Tours. How quickly the spin changes. N/T IllinoisBirdWatcher May 2022 #8
Any videos of the fambly tour? Closed circuit in the Capital hallways? 3Hotdogs May 2022 #9
What if this constituent family then gave directions to Jan 6 insurrectionists, after their tour? blogslug May 2022 #11
Sure. Grins May 2022 #12
The 1/6 committee said it was a tour of the Capitol, not the House Office Buildings. sinkingfeeling May 2022 #13
The Manson family? SergeStorms May 2022 #14
They've had PLENTY of time to work out excuses, witnesses, lies, etc. C Moon May 2022 #15
They're trapped. The committee knows who they brought through Gaugamela May 2022 #16
Of course. The entire 1/6 Committee is LYING!!! dchill May 2022 #17
Aren't there cameras? progressoid May 2022 #19
Name names ZonkerHarris May 2022 #20
Just wondering about a few things. wnylib May 2022 #21
How many tours by other members were given that day? nuxvomica May 2022 #22
"How many tours by other members were given that day?" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #24
Right, HighFired49 May 2022 #27
Suspicion is often a matter of context nuxvomica May 2022 #28
What timing, giving family tours the day before a coup attempt. fightforfreedom May 2022 #23
It may have been the Insurrectionist family Generic Brad May 2022 #30
This is all that matters malaise May 2022 #25
Videos Katcat May 2022 #26
There weren't suppose to be any tours that day. LiberalFighter May 2022 #29
They make it sound like a family of four on a family trip.. LakeArenal May 2022 #31

KPN

(16,356 posts)
18. They don't care about that. They are willingg to say they violated
Fri May 20, 2022, 12:02 AM
May 2022

protocol, policy, whatever it is and accept the punishment for touring families in violation of covid protocol. The committee should take care to not even use Covid protocol as a problem, a violation. Don’t give credence to family tours whatsoever. We have all seen photos of MTG touring insurrection leaders on Jan 5. They were prep sessions, not family tours.

brush

(58,736 posts)
2. Guess these coup-planning traitors think everyone forgets...
Thu May 19, 2022, 10:26 PM
May 2022

J5 was during the height of the pandemic and Capitol tours had been canceled.

blogslug

(38,728 posts)
11. What if this constituent family then gave directions to Jan 6 insurrectionists, after their tour?
Thu May 19, 2022, 11:09 PM
May 2022

That statement by the two GOP congressmen seems carefully crafted, IMHO.

SergeStorms

(19,392 posts)
14. The Manson family?
Thu May 19, 2022, 11:42 PM
May 2022

Or today's reich-wing equivalent?

If anyone can give me one good reason to believe these doorknobs, have at it.

C Moon

(12,695 posts)
15. They've had PLENTY of time to work out excuses, witnesses, lies, etc.
Thu May 19, 2022, 11:43 PM
May 2022

So I hope we're able to find out what REALLY happened.

Gaugamela

(2,733 posts)
16. They're trapped. The committee knows who they brought through
Thu May 19, 2022, 11:45 PM
May 2022

the Capitol. It’s getting so hot they’re about to blow like a bad tire on an Arizona highway on the 4th of July.

wnylib

(25,183 posts)
21. Just wondering about a few things.
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:25 AM
May 2022

Would Congressmen be dumb enough to give a reconnaissance tour to people who are not family the night before the insurrection, knowing that there are security cameras everywhere? But, why give anyone a tour during a pandemic shutdown?

So, I am wondering if the J6 committee has identified the people on the tour as relatives and if they have investigated them further. Do any of these relatives have Proud Boys contacts? Were any of them at the Capitol on J6?

I just can't believe that they would claim to have given tours to relatives if that wasn't true since it can so easily be checked against videos.

nuxvomica

(13,130 posts)
22. How many tours by other members were given that day?
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:48 AM
May 2022

The claim that it was just a "family tour" would make sense if this was a common occurrence on that day, but IIRC they were in COVID lockdown at the time.

BumRushDaShow

(146,984 posts)
24. "How many tours by other members were given that day?"
Fri May 20, 2022, 07:19 AM
May 2022

There had been allegations this past January that others like Boebert had done the same a few days before - https://www.cpr.org/2021/01/18/lauren-boebert-said-she-didnt-give-insurrectionists-or-anyone-else-a-tour-of-the-u-s-capitol/

Salon had also been following her whereabouts before she was even sworn in back in December 2020 giving "late night tours" - https://www.salon.com/2021/08/10/lauren-boeberts-midnight-run-capitol-tour-happened-after-she-attended-stop-the-steal-rally/

And Rolling Stone had an exclusive with 2 planners who named names of who they were communicating with in congress - https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/exclusive-jan-6-organizers-met-congress-white-house-1245289/

nuxvomica

(13,130 posts)
28. Suspicion is often a matter of context
Fri May 20, 2022, 01:59 PM
May 2022

If these tours were uncommon, then they definitely don't smell right and can't be explained away easily.

malaise

(280,668 posts)
25. This is all that matters
Fri May 20, 2022, 09:42 AM
May 2022
House Republicans have gone from denying that there were any tours of the Capitol before the attack to claiming that they were only providing family tours.

They lied
Kick them how

Katcat

(413 posts)
26. Videos
Fri May 20, 2022, 10:36 AM
May 2022

You just know that those “taking tours” were filming the routes on where to go in order to get to dem lawmakers. And you can bet those videos were shared either via email or messaging services.

LakeArenal

(29,935 posts)
31. They make it sound like a family of four on a family trip..
Fri May 20, 2022, 08:30 PM
May 2022

When it’s probably six six foot males with maga hats and combat boots.

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