Lawmakers Want Action Taken Against Michael Flynn After Myanmar Coup Remark
On 6/1/21 at 7:47 AM EDT
Lawmakers have criticized former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn after he appeared to say that a Myanmar-like military coup should happen in the United States.
A handful of Republicans and Democrats hit out at the retired U.S. Army lieutenant general over the holiday weekend, with one calling for action to be taken against the former Trump administration official.
GOP lawmakers on the so-called moderate wing of the party said it was wrong of Flynn to indicate support for the overthrow of the U.S. government, and argued that any fantasies of a coup would be ended quickly.
Louie Gohmert Distances Himself From QAnon Event Where Michael Flynn Called for Coup
On 6/1/21 at 11:49 AM EDT
Republican congressman Louie Gohmert has distanced himself from a QAnon conference he attended claiming he wasn t aware of its connection to the conspiracy theory and that he does not support a military coup in this country as suggested at the event by Michael Flynn.
Gohmert, who represents Texas s 1st congressional district, spoke at the three-day For God & Country Patriot Roundup in Dallas, Texas, over the Memorial Day weekend.
While on stage at the $500-a-head event which also featured a host of names connected to the movement listed as a domestic terrorist threat by the FBI, Gohmert downplayed the January 6 attack on the Capitol in Washington D.C.