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Trump and his enablers are describing those imprisoned for their January 6th activities as "hostages".
On Saturday’s third anniversary of the riot, Trump called on President Joe Biden to “release the J6 hostages.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik, [#3 in the House] R-N.Y., then parroted Trump during an interview Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
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These individiuals are not hostages. As of today, the only prominent Republican to push back on this language is Liz Cheney:
In an interview with Cheney, CBS News “Face the Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan noted how Stefanik’s remarks echo the word Trump used to refer to the prisoners, to which Cheney said, “That’s why she’s using it.”
“It’s outrageous and it’s disgusting,” Cheney continued. “And if you … go and you look at what individuals have been convicted for, who are incarcerated, you’ll find it, you know, extensively, these are people who were involved in violence against police officers in the assault on the Capitol. And it is really disgraceful for Donald Trump be saying what he’s saying and then for those who [are] attempting to enable him or attempting to further their own political careers [to] repeat it.”
“It’s a disgrace, and you cannot say you are a member of a party that believes in the rule of law, you cannot say you are pro-law enforcement if you then go out and you say these people are ‘hostages,’ it’s disgraceful,” Cheney added.
thehill.com
...not a peep from Republican leaders.
On Saturday’s third anniversary of the riot, Trump called on President Joe Biden to “release the J6 hostages.”
Rep. Elise Stefanik, [#3 in the House] R-N.Y., then parroted Trump during an interview Sunday on “Meet the Press.”
MAGA Republicans deploy a new word to lie about jailed Jan. 6ers
After trying to portray Jan. 6 rioters as “tourists” and “political prisoners,” Republicans have a new absurd term: “hostages.”
www.msnbc.com
These individiuals are not hostages. As of today, the only prominent Republican to push back on this language is Liz Cheney:
In an interview with Cheney, CBS News “Face the Nation” anchor Margaret Brennan noted how Stefanik’s remarks echo the word Trump used to refer to the prisoners, to which Cheney said, “That’s why she’s using it.”
“It’s outrageous and it’s disgusting,” Cheney continued. “And if you … go and you look at what individuals have been convicted for, who are incarcerated, you’ll find it, you know, extensively, these are people who were involved in violence against police officers in the assault on the Capitol. And it is really disgraceful for Donald Trump be saying what he’s saying and then for those who [are] attempting to enable him or attempting to further their own political careers [to] repeat it.”
“It’s a disgrace, and you cannot say you are a member of a party that believes in the rule of law, you cannot say you are pro-law enforcement if you then go out and you say these people are ‘hostages,’ it’s disgraceful,” Cheney added.
Cheney says Stefanik calling Jan. 6 prisoners hostages a ‘disgrace’
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) dug into Rep. Elise Stefanik’s (R-N.Y.) labelling of Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol rioters sentenced to prison as “hostages,” calling the New York Republic…
thehill.com
...not a peep from Republican leaders.
