'Stop the Steal' organizer Ali Alexander says 3 GOP congressmen helped him plan the rally

[Generic Other]

that preceded the storming of the Capitol

Ali Alexander, the organizer of the rally that preceded the siege of the Capitol on January 6, said GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks, and Paul Gosar helped him plan it, The Washington Post reported.

Biggs and Brooks denied helping Alexander, and a representative for Gosar declined to comment.

"We four schemed up of putting maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting," Alexander said, according to The Post.

https://www.businessinsider.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-gop-members-helped-him-plan-rally-2021-1

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

Alexander participated in a rally the night before the certification and led a chant of "victory or death!"

On the morning of January 6, Gosar tagged Alexander in tweets calling for Biden to concede the election that he won by 7 million votes.

The Post reported that Gosar and Alexander also spoke at the event on December 19 and that Gosar had called Alexander a "true patriot." Biggs said in a video message at the event that he and Brooks would challenge the certification on January 6. Alexander had called Biggs a "friend" and a "hero," according to The Post.

A representative for Biggs told CNN that he appeared in the video after a request from Gosar's staff.

Ali Alexander and Alex Jones at the Georgia Capitol Building on Nov. 18, 2020 in Atlanta. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

[Generic Other]

2. Hard to understand why their colleagues haven't demanded they step down

They should have been censured and removed from office months ago.

[malaise]

5. THIS

Censure them

[calimary]

25. Bastards! They deserve worse. They deserve expulsion.

Let's remember their names: GOP Reps. Andy Biggs, Mo Brooks, and Paul Gosar.

I'm surprised Margie Traitor Gangrene wasn't a more active part of this.

[Evolve Dammit]

43. Indeed. Maybe they just haven't linked her yet. Wasn't she conducting tours?? Love the name

[2naSalit]

27. I wonder if...

They are waiting for investigations to conclude these guys are guilty before due to the climate in Congress right now.

I'm impatient as hell but I can't rush the process either so I have to wait longer than I would like. But I suspect that in due time we may see considerable movement on this whole mess. Setting up the argument takes time.

An elegant desert takes time to construct.

[orangecrush]

41. ....

[Ford_Prefect]

29. your sarcasm is sooo subtle.

[soldierant]

30. Why is it hard to understand?

Republicns don't censure Republicans, they defend them, even when indefensible.

I don't think "Innocent until proven guilty" has anything to do with it. Even if they were proven guilty in a court of law multiple times over, Republicans in general would go to their graves defending their actions.

[Stinky The Clown]

3. Its possible this will serve as cover for other communications with rioters as the . . . .

. . . . investigation moves forward.

[malaise]

4. K & R

Truth will out

[Hekate]

6. Tell us more, Sir

[Initech]

7. Just 3? I wouldn't be surprised if Boebert, Greene, and Gohmert were in on it.

And I bet Tuberville and Hawley were the senators who were involved in that Trump Hotel meeting the night before. Arrest all of them and charge them with sedition.

[Traildogbob]

11. Do t forget

Cawthorn.

[WinstonSmith4740]

23. This is going to be like that thread that you pull on...

It's just going to keep right on going. I had guessed it was Jordan, Boebert, and Greene, and I'm sure they'll find more. We should be looking at the phone records of every one of those traitors that voted against the certification.

This jumped out at me, though

...and a representative for Gosar declined to comment.

These guys STILL haven't figured out when they try this dodge, they may as well say, "Yep...got me!"

[Initech]

37. No doubt Marjorie is in on the conspiracy.

As someone who listens to way too much Alex Jones for comfort.

[GoCubsGo]

24. And, Ron Johnson, Ted Cruz, and Leningrad Lindsey.

Given the number of House members that voted against certification of the election, I won't be surprised if there are far more of them than are being named here.

[Initech]

39. I'm seriously surprised he only named 3 names.

I would have thought it would be over 50 and I'm sure he had members of the Senate helping him. It's time to find out who. I want names!

[GoCubsGo]

40. He's probably covering for a bunch of them.

I'm thinking the three he did name are not his buddies.

[central scrutinizer]

35. Boebert, Cawthorn and Greene had only been in Congress a couple of days on Jan. 6

Doesn’t mean they weren’t up to shenanigans before being sworn in. And it would be an out for them: “I hadn’t sworn to uphold the Constitution before I plotted to subvert it”

[Initech]

38. Oh no doubt those idiots were up to something.

But what? Time to find out!

[Qutzupalotl]

8. aka Sammy Davis Traitor. n/t

[OrangeJoe]

12. You beat me to it!

My thought exactly.

[secondwind]

9. Huge K&R!!!

[MontanaMama]

10. I still cannot believe there haven't been

charges filed, censures or anything else. They'll try it again...count on that.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. Traitors

Lock them up.

[Evolve Dammit]

44. Seriously. Indict for sedition. Come on Garland! This is fucking serious.

[Kid Berwyn]

49. Impeachment 2 was the opportunity for prime time

Put all the traitors on the stand, LIVE!

Imagine the drama, explaining just one phone call during the Insurrection from McCarthy to Dumpler:

“Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward by McCarthy.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/trump-mccarthy-shouting-match-details/index.html

[Evolve Dammit]

55. Correct. Massive blown opportunity. And they had to know that n/t

[calimary]

54. He's turning into a massive disappointment.

[Midnight Writer]

14. This should be helpful to Swallwell's lawsuit against Mo Brooks.

[ancianita]

15. Well it will be his word against theirs.

Tell me, who's holding court on this, again? As if he-said/she-said news is going to clarify everything?
I doubt it.

But if the guy's trying to get over, naming elected officials who are guilty as hell, yes, but. this will go nowhere without Congress' documentation, political referrals and FBI effort.

[Champp]

16. All Republicans who betrayed America should get justice

A full measure of justice. Lock the Republican traitors up.

[jmowreader]

19. You do realize you'd have to renovate a shuttered prison to do that

[Mr. Ected]

17. Fascists gotta propagandize

What a disconnect that they can basically admit to their lies and their voters pretend they didn't notice.

[lindysalsagal]

18. They should be expelled for it. Duh!

[world wide wally]

20. Let's see what comes out in court

[Calista241]

21. Planning the rally is one thing. Planning the invasion of the capital is another.

[Ford_Prefect]

31. This goes well beyond logistics and site management.

They collected the zombies and coordinated their arrival. They programmed the message. They were cheerleaders to the emotions of the attendees. They set the crowd's expectations and did everything but light the final fuse. They prepared and built the perfect lynch mob for Donald to ignite and then they pretended it was all about the spontaneous feelings of the voters.

I think they are at least guilty of manslaughter if not Murder 1.

[sarcasmo]

22. FBI informant Ali Alexander. I've been tracking Ali and the man reminds me of Felix Sater.

[BadgerMom]

26. The article is from January.

That doesn’t make it irrelevant at all. It just amazes me that media has dropped this link like a hot potato. I’m pretty certain Alexander was recorded that day by news crews. He crowed about his planning with Biggs, Brooks and Gosar.

[2naSalit]

28. I recall proclaiming, about three years ago...

That when the truth comes out we will see that a probable third of Congress will be implicated in the whole 45 scam from 2016 to present. And then the periphery who would be a probable two or three hundred other players, all of whom should stand trial for various offenses against the country and our values.

[lagomorph777]

32. When is he appearing before the committee?

He should be on a panel with Biggs, Brooks, and Gosar.

[uponit7771]

33. "...putting maximum pressure..." by kidnapping them ?!?! FUCKIN ASSHOLE !!

[Poiuyt]

34. K&R

[BlueIdaho]

36. No honor among thieves

Especially when they are trying to steal the constitution.

[crickets]

42. K&R for visibility.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

45. This asshole is in hiding

This asshole needs to be arrested

[Caliman73]

46. I will believe it when it is said under oath.

This guy is a liar and a con man scumbag.

Put it on the record, in sworn testimony, or its is bullshit.

[jimlup]

47. Obviously they did - it is only a matter of finding the obvious smoking gun

and then making our insane society recognize reality....

Gee why do I feel like I'm asking way too much?

[Catherine Vincent]

48. Apparently this Ali Alexander guy is ignored

Ignored by Repukes. Online you hear more about this other black guy at the insurrection named John Sullivan...not Ali Alexander. Why is that?

[Bluethroughu]

50. Roll the tape of what they said to those rabid supporters.

They will be convicted of incitement and treason.

[Roland99]

52. ** Phone Records **

[Historic NY]

53. Ali Abul-Razaq Akbar, admits to this why isn't he in FBI custody.

[link:

Link to tweet

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[crickets]

59. There it is, on video made by Ali Alexander himself. nt

[mrsadm]

56. This was reported by the Washington post back in January

Of course I hope the Jan. 6 Committee looks into it.

[Vogon_Glory]

57. Only three?

The way Kevin McCarthy is acting, I can't help but wonder if there were more of them.

[Firestorm49]

58. The GOP congresspeople need to be expelled. Now!

[brooklynite]

60. Planning the rally will not be legal grounds for prosecution...

…unless you can prove intent behind the planning.