{"id":1195641,"date":"2022-01-07T00:05:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195641"},"modified":"2022-01-07T00:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T05:05:05","slug":"rep-biggs-democrats-misleading-jan-6-narrative-more-detrimental-to-our-republic-than-the-day-itself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-biggs-democrats-misleading-jan-6-narrative-more-detrimental-to-our-republic-than-the-day-itself\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Biggs: Democrats\u2019 \u2018Misleading\u2019 Jan. 6 Narrative \u2018More Detrimental to Our Republic than the Day Itself\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-biggs-democrats-misleading-jan-6-narrative-more-detrimental-to-our-republic-than-the-day-itself%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1195641&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>On the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol protests, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) blasted the Democrats\u2019 \u201cone-sided and misleading narrative\u201d of the event, deeming it \u201cmore detrimental to our republic than the day itself.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In a <\/span><span>statement <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/biggs.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/official-statement-anniversary-january-6\"><span>released<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;on Thursday, Arizona Republican Congressman Andy Biggs condemned political violence while blasting the false narrative put forward by Democrats concerning what took place.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI condemn political violence, as I always have, including violence that took place on January 6, 2021,\u201d he began. \u201cAny act or speech that impedes constructive debate on the important issues facing our nation is a waste.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cBut the Democrats\u2019 and the media\u2019s one-sided and misleading narrative about the events, causes, and implications of that day are more detrimental to our republic than the day itself,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;There is no place for political violence in our society. But there\u2019s also no place for the Democrats\u2019 lies, cover ups, and witch hunts\u2026&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Check out my official statement on the anniversary of Jan 6 below:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AhYY6OXNwx\">https:\/\/t.co\/AhYY6OXNwx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1479128124700848128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>He then accused the \u201cillegitimate\u201d House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riots of neglecting its very purpose while politicizing the event.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThus far, the illegitimate Committee created by Nancy Pelosi and Congressional Democrats to ostensibly investigate the events of January 6, has done nothing but attack President Trump and his supporters,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Claiming a \u201cserious and legitimate inquiry\u201d would have released the many hours of security footage from within the Capitol complex to reveal what actually occurred, Biggs suggested a professional committee would consider the following:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><i><span>[W]hy was there a lack of training and equipment for law enforcement?&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>What role did Speaker Pelosi play in preventing law enforcement from having adequate personnel and material to protect the Capitol?&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Did paid federal law enforcement agents provoke the riot?<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>However, according to Biggs, the committee is merely attempting to depict Republicans as \u201cviolent mobster[s],\u201d deem questioning an election \u201ctreasonous\u201d (though Democrats have done the same), and prove that \u201csecure\u201d elections can only be the product of a \u201cfederalized\u201d constitutional system of elections with Democrats \u201cgiven control over every mechanism of it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15365312\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/police-us-capitol-protesters-january-6-2021-ap-photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15365312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/police-us-capitol-protesters-january-6-2021-ap-photo.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Capitol Police hold protesters at gun-point near the House Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Capitol Police hold protesters at gunpoint near the House Chamber inside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Biggs, who serves as chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, concluded by stating there is \u201cno place for political violence in our society\u201d nor for the \u201clies, cover ups, and witch hunts\u201d of the Democrats.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cAmericans should ignore this group of unimpressive, hateful, Trump-hating loons,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biggs\u2019 statement came as Democrats use the January 6 riot to delegitimize former President Donald Trump and his agenda, while warning that American democracy is at stake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In their <\/span><span>speeches <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/06\/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-use-january-6-demand-federal-takeover-elections\/\"><span>marking<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;the first anniversary of the January 6 protests Thursday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris demanded the Senate pass legislation to federalize American elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Vice President Harris also compared the event to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><em>Follow Joshua Klein on Twitter&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshuaklein_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@JoshuaKlein<\/a>.<\/em><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol protests, Rep. 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