A Republican-appointed judge just smacked down GOP deniers on January 6

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The violent insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 was a dark day in American history. The attempted rewriting of what actually happened that day -- when more than 100 police officers were injured and five people died -- by former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies is even more noxious.

On Wednesday, a federal judge named Royce Lamberth had had enough. Lamberth used the first sentencing hearing for a defendant charged in the attack on the Capitol to blast Republicans trying to cast January 6 as anything other than a violent riot aimed at stopping the wheels of democracy from turning.

"I'm especially troubled by the accounts of some members of Congress that January 6 was just a day of tourists walking through the Capitol," Lamberth said. "I don't know what planet they were on. ... This was not a peaceful demonstration. It was not an accident that it turned violent; it was intended to halt the very functioning of our government."

Lamberth, who was appointed to his judgeship by the late Republican president Ronald Reagan, added that newly released videos from inside the riot that day "will show the attempt of some congressman to rewrite history that these were tourists walking through the capitol is utter nonsense."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-republican-appointed-judge-just-smacked-down-gop-deniers-on-january-6/ar-AALoK61

[Ligyron]

1. Hope he throws the book at them.

[COL Mustard]

3. He's A Tough Judge

I’ve never appeared in his court (or any other, to be honest), but he has a reputation for being tough.

[Skittles]

2. PREACH IT

always refreshing to hear from people who put country above politics

[SmartVoter22]

4. Reagan defectors start piling up

The group, who were Democrats, but switched to Rreagan in the 1980's are now defecting from the GOp.
Why? they went nuts, mentally defected and otherwise off the wall.
They are now ending that Reagan loyalty for independence.

The 2022 election will hsow this trend across the nation, county by county, village by village.

This should be expected, but seems to be moving a bit slower than the Nixon defections after Watergate.

I support the defectors and they at least are trying to think rationally and logically.

The 'space laser'... ''It was Antifa finger pointers'... and the 'Tea Party' cultists do not have the overwhelming devotion to Trump or the GOP in general that even the most devout can deny any longer.

Let the lanslide begin.

[captain queeg]

5. good call by this judge. Its too bad that "republican appointed" is even needed to be mentioned

Our judges shouldn't have a partly affiliation. That's probably Pollyanna thinking though.