Fact Check: Were Rioters at the Capitol Antifa Members in Disguise as Gaetz says?
On 1/7/21 at 7:50 PM EST
The theory spread through Facebook, Twitter and into Congress.
The Claim
During his post-raid election-certification speech in which he objected to Arizona s electoral votes, Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)advanced the theory that some people who invaded the Capitol were antifa, according to a
Washington Times story that was later retracted. I don t know if the reports are true, but
The Washington Times has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company that some of the people who breached the Capitol today were not Trump supporters they were masquerading as Trump supporters and, in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group antifa, he said.