The Next Big January 6 Conspiracy? It Was the FBI

[babylonsister]

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The Next Big January 6 Conspiracy? It Was the FBI
And it is being promoted by Republicans in Congress.
Eamon Whalen


Last Thursday, in a press conference with the Right Side Broadcasting Network outside the United States Capitol on the anniversary of January 6, Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene spun an increasingly popular conspiracy theory to explain the horrific events that occurred: It was the Feds.

“I’m starting to think this was less of an insurrection and more of a ‘fedsurrection,’” said Gaetz, offering a groan-inducing pun as proof of the seriousness of the allegations.

After months of claiming that rioters were just harmless tourists, or that it was the work of antifa and Black Lives Matter plants, now several Republican members of congress have pivoted, adopting a spurious claim that it was the Federal Bureau of Investigations, specifically an agent provocateur named Ray Epps. Referred to throughout social media as #FedBoomer or #BigMagaCamo, Epps, these people claim, was a decisive figure in planning, inciting, and directing Trump supporters to storm the Capitol on January 6.

Rep. Troy Nehls of Texas tweeted, “Why is Ray Epps free?” Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina tweeted “Who is Ray Epps?”

The only problem is the lack of any hard evidence. Ray Epps is a real person, he was at the Capitol on January 6 and he has, so far, not been charged with a crime—that much is true. But there’s nothing to suggest he’s working for the FBI; in fact, public information reveals he’s an Oath Keeper.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/01/january-6-ray-epps-conspiracy-gaetz-cawthorne-fbi/

[Lovie777]

1. That conspiracy has been floating around ......

Antifa which is the RWer's name they came up with and no one I know uses that, will also be regurgitated as well. Jew's space lasers, Mexican thugs and rapists, everything to deflect from them.

[sop]

2. So, now they're telling us Trump used his own FBI to subvert the electoral process?

I can't keep all this shit straight, my head is starting to hurt.

[Omnipresent]

4. It's best not to listen to crackpots.

They’re hypocritical, and pivot so much, that at this point, they just need to be ignored.

[NanceGreggs]

3. No, it was the Democrats!

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No, it was Antifa!

No, it was BLM!

No, it was the Real Housewives of Bumfuck, Iowa!

No, it was the Betty White Fan Club!

No, it was the cast of 77 Sunset Strip!


Can someone PM me when Matt Gaetz and MTG decide who was behind the Jan/6 insurrection? I just hope it's not Carrot-Top, because I always thought he was kinda funny.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. FBI gets blamed for everything. nt

[Efilroft Sul]

6. The Party of Personal Responsibility keeps coming up with ways to avoid it.