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https://www.politicususa.com/2022/05/19/house-republicans-claim-they-only-offered-family-tours-on-the-eve-of-1-6-attack.htmlPosted 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:
Link to tweet
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 isnt adding up, and the 1/6 Committee should release the video and allow the American people to see who is telling the truth.

Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)COVID protocol.
uponit7771
(92,360 posts)jaysunb
(11,856 posts)KPN
(16,356 posts)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. Dont 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)J5 was during the height of the pandemic and Capitol tours had been canceled.
Blue Owl
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sprinkleeninow
(20,669 posts)dweller
(25,591 posts)Drip
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The lead up to the televised hearings are ratcheting up
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Ohio Joe
(21,894 posts)A family outing You take pictures Barry? No?
IllinoisBirdWatcher
(2,316 posts)3Hotdogs
(13,821 posts)blogslug
(38,728 posts)That statement by the two GOP congressmen seems carefully crafted, IMHO.
Grins
(8,030 posts)Family, as in la nostra famiglia. Who were just tourists.
sinkingfeeling
(53,997 posts)SergeStorms
(19,392 posts)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)So I hope we're able to find out what REALLY happened.
Gaugamela
(2,733 posts)the Capitol. Its getting so hot theyre about to blow like a bad tire on an Arizona highway on the 4th of July.
dchill
(41,219 posts)progressoid
(50,949 posts)ZonkerHarris
(25,577 posts)wnylib
(25,183 posts)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)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)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/
HighFired49
(398 posts)and how many, if any, "family tours" have they given on other days?
nuxvomica
(13,130 posts)If these tours were uncommon, then they definitely don't smell right and can't be explained away easily.
fightforfreedom
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Generic Brad
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malaise
(280,668 posts)They lied
Kick them how
Katcat
(413 posts)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.
LiberalFighter
(53,544 posts)LakeArenal
(29,935 posts)When its probably six six foot males with maga hats and combat boots.