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U.S. Capitol Police intelligence thought Louie Gohmert appeared to encourage violence before
U.S. Capitol Police intelligence thought Louie Gohmert appeared to encourage violence before insurrectionby Erin Douglas, Texas Tribune
Just days before the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol a year ago, an assessment by Capitol Police intelligence analysts, obtained and first reported by Politico, flagged Texas congressperson Louie Gohmert’s comments on a right-wing news network as potentially encouraging violence in response to the 2020 election.
The Capitol Police intelligence report notes that on Jan. 1, 2021, Gohmert told Newsmax, a conservative media company, that letting the will of the voters stand would mean “the end of our republic, the end of the experiment in self-government,” Politico reported.
“Representative Gohmert then seemed to encourage violence as a means to this end,” the assessment says, according to Politico.
Gohmert subsequently said on air: “The ruling would be that you got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and [Black Lives Matter].”
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/01/05/louie-gohmert-jan-6-insurrection/
