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Louie Gohmert Downplays Capitol Riot at QAnon Conference: ‘It Wasn’t Just Right-Wing Extremists’
By Ken MeyerJun 1st, 2021, 12:45 pm
Congressman
Louie Gohmert (R-TX) downplayed the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Memorial Day weekend while claiming that the insurrection wasn’t exclusively carried out by right-wing extremists.
Gohmert made his remarks at the “For God & Country Patriot Roundup,” the same QAnon event where former national security adviser
Sidney Powell falsely claimed
The
Washington Post reports that when the congressman spoke before the conference, he complained about Democrats pushing for continued investigations into the Capitol riots, and he brushed off the insurrection by commenting on how America has survived worse catastrophes.