The 2020 election conspiracy theorist added that those criminally charged "for things they shouldn't have done" during the Capitol attack are being unfairly treated.
Nina Golgowski at HuffPost:
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Saturday said “no one can convince” her that the rioters behind the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol were not anti-fascist protesters and that she “cannot wait for a real investigation” to take place, in an apparent snub to the House committee investigation’s year-long probe.
Greene was speaking with fellow 2020 election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell, also known as the My Pillow Guy, after attending the Conservative Political Action Conference in Texas when she made her unsupported claims and shared her shock at the day’s violence.
“I was very upset. I never expected anything like that. And when that happened I thought, this is antifa, and no one can convince me it was so-called Trump supporters, and we know there’s a lot wrong there, and I cannot wait for a real investigation,” she said, while pointing a finger at anti-fascist protesters.
The House’s ongoing investigation into the attack has featured sworn testimony from supporters of former President Donald Trump, detailing how Trump’s rhetoric and his election loss fueled their decision to invade the Capitol. One former White House aide testified that Trump knew his supporters were armed and threatening violence when he urged them to march to the Capitol.
Despite this and other mounting evidence showing the contrary, Greene went on to call the federal government’s response to the riot ― which has led to more than 800 arrests and more than 200 criminal sentences by the U.S. Attorney’s Office ― “political persecution.” At the same time, she said those who did things that “they shouldn’t have done” should be treated better while behind bars.
“OK, they got charged for things they shouldn’t have done, OK, that happened, they deserve their day in court, they deserve their due process rights, but honestly, my gosh, what’s happening to these people is so heartbreaking,” she said. “I was in that jail, I saw them, it’s so sad. They hadn’t bathed, they didn’t have haircuts, they couldn’t shave because they weren’t vaccinated. They were treated worse if they weren’t vaccinated, but, what kind of country are we?”
Speaking to Lindell TV hosts Brannon Howse and Mike Lindell at CPAC this weekend, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) pushed the debunked conspiracist lie that the January 6 insurrectionists were "antifa".
No, Mrs. MTG, the folks who stormed the capital were far-right MAGA bozos, NOT "antifa."
