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Some Texas Republicans decried Capitol insurrection â but didnât connect the violence to their own rhetoric
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Thursday, January 07 2021
Jan 7, 2021
January 07, 2021 5:53 AM
January 07, 2021
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Source: https://www.texastribune.org/
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When a federal court tossed U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert’s far-fetched lawsuit asking Vice President Mike Pence to challenge Joe Biden’s legitimacy as president-elect, the Texas Republican appeared to propose violence in response.
“Basically, in effect, the ruling would be that you got to go to the streets and be as violent as Antifa and [Black Lives Matter],” he told Newsmax, a hyperpartisan, pro-Donald Trump media company, last Friday.