“Then we had the reports that groups like antifa, other radical groups - I don’t know the names of all of them - that they were there to cause trouble,” Hannity said on the radio, without citing any evidence whatsoever. Hannity, meanwhile, floated the conspiracy multiple times on Wednesday, first on his radio show and again later on his Fox News show.Īlso Read: Washington Post Journalists Arrested at Capitol Amid Ongoing Unrest I suggest no rush to judgment until an investigation reveals whatever the truth may be. I don’t know the true facts yet, and neither does 99.99% of public. Gaetz wasn’t the only member of the House of Representatives to get in on this, as Mo Brooks of Alabama also tweeted about it.Įvidence mounts that fascist ANTIFA infiltrated Trump rally & stormed Capitol. Gaetz’s claim is without merit, as the facial recognition company he cites as evidence says the whole thing is a big lie. Matt Gaetz just said, "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." /nKYecLmQEX They were masquerading as Trump supporters, and in fact were members of the violent terrorist group antifa,” Gaetz said, also “Antifa” is not actually an organization, but rather an ideology.
“Some of the people who breached the Capitol today were not Trump supporters. Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, joined the fray during his comments when the Electoral College certification proceedings resumed late Wednesday night. These conservatives, which included washed-up actor Kevin Sorbo, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, and Sean Hannity, Brit Hume and Mark Levin of Fox News, wanted to shift the blame to leftists and liberals - without any evidence whatsoever.Īlso Read: Tucker Carlson Says Dead Capitol Rioter Is Victim of 'Political Violence' (Video) The conservative mob broke past police barriers and shattered windows to enter the Capitol to protest the certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, but they quickly turned violent once the joint session of Congress began, attacking Capitol Police, assaulting the Capitol building itself and occupying it for hours as members of Congress went into lockdown.īut many notable conservatives immediately attempted to shift the blame away from the far-right mob, which was incited by months of violent rhetoric from Donald Trump as he attempted to overturn Biden’s victory with bogus claims of voter fraud. Capitol building on Wednesday: According to the completely unsubstantiated claims, antifa did it. A new conspiracy theory flowed from many in right-wing media and other conservatives after a large group of far-right, extremist Trump supporters stormed and occupied the U.S.
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