Conservatives would like nothing better than for the public to forget the appalling attack on our nation’s Capitol on Jan 6 at the direction of Donald Trump. Probably the most profoundly stupid conspiracy theory is that Antifa was behind the attempted coup even though Joe Biden won the election.
Rapey former Fox personality Pete Hegseth enters the chat via KFiles’ Andrew Kaczynski:
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, justified the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack and spread baseless conspiracy theories claiming the initial break-in was a false flag operation carried out by leftist groups disguised as Trump supporters.
In comments made immediately after the riot and in the days and weeks leading up to it, Hegseth also amplified false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, a narrative that fueled the violence at the Capitol that day.
Hegseth’s remarks are among a number of controversial statements he’s made related to national security issues, including suggesting US troops should be deployed in response to domestic riots, endorsing waterboarding as an interrogation tactic, opposing women serving in combat roles and saying that gay people being allowed to serve openly in the military reflected a “Marxist” agenda.
