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A federal judge took aim at the Republican National Committeeās recent distortion of reality during sentencing for a violent Capitol rioter.
āIt is not ālegitimate political discourse,āā Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during her Thursday sentencing of Mark Leffingwell, who will spend six months in prison for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year.
Jackson was referring to the RNCās description of the riot that left five people dead and more than 140 officers injured as ālegitimate political discourseā when the group censured two of their own party members last week for daring to suggest that the Capitol attack was, in fact, an attack.
āSo, it needs to be crystal clear that it is not patriotism,ā she said. āIt is not standing up for America. It is not ālegitimate political discourse,ā and it is not justified to descend on the nationās Capitol at the direction of a disappointed candidate and disrupt the national process.ā
The RNC censured Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for participating in the House committee investigating the attack.
I totally agree with Judge Amy Berman Jackson! What do you think?
āIt is not ālegitimate political discourse,āā Judge Amy Berman Jackson said during her Thursday sentencing of Mark Leffingwell, who will spend six months in prison for assaulting police at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year.
Jackson was referring to the RNCās description of the riot that left five people dead and more than 140 officers injured as ālegitimate political discourseā when the group censured two of their own party members last week for daring to suggest that the Capitol attack was, in fact, an attack.
āSo, it needs to be crystal clear that it is not patriotism,ā she said. āIt is not standing up for America. It is not ālegitimate political discourse,ā and it is not justified to descend on the nationās Capitol at the direction of a disappointed candidate and disrupt the national process.ā
The RNC censured Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for participating in the House committee investigating the attack.
Jan. 6 Sentencing Judge Reminds RNC That Riot Was Not 'Legitimate Political Discourse'
"It is not ālegitimate political discourse,ā and it is not justified to descend on the nationās Capitol at the direction of a disappointed candidate and disrupt the national process."
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I totally agree with Judge Amy Berman Jackson! What do you think?