{"id":1638626,"date":"2022-09-11T09:43:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T13:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1638626"},"modified":"2022-09-11T10:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T14:11:56","slug":"gop-congressman-presents-jan-6-rioter-with-flag-flown-over-capitol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-congressman-presents-jan-6-rioter-with-flag-flown-over-capitol\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP congressman presents Jan. 6 rioter with flag flown over Capitol"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fgop-congressman-presents-jan-6-rioter-with-flag-flown-over-capitol%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=1638626&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/11095106\/90-248\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">A<\/span> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\">Republican<\/a> congressman from <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/texas\">Texas<\/a> presented a convicted <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/january-6\">Jan. 6<\/a> rioter with a flag that was flown over the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/us-capitol-building\">U.S. Capitol<\/a> after the rioter was released from federal prison on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/louie-gohmert\">Louie Gohmert<\/a> sought to honor Dr. Simone Gold for contributions to &#8220;public health, medical freedom and our God-given constitutional rights,&#8221; according to a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/gohmert.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=399995\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> from his office.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/texas-democrats-run-away-from-biden-as-left-threatens-centrists\">TEXAS DEMOCRATS RUN AWAY FROM BIDEN AS LEFT THREATENS CENTRISTS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>He called Gold a &#8220;patriot and an American hero&#8221; and said she was unjustly prosecuted by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter having her name and reputation shamefully dragged through the mud, the Biden administration\u2019s DOJ threw her in prison for peacefully walking into the U.S. Capitol on January 6 and delivering a speech,&#8221; Gohmert said in the statement. &#8220;Dr. Gold is the definition of what a political prisoner looks like \u2014 something I never thought I\u2019d see here in the United States of America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Heartfelt moments as Dr. Simone Gold has officially been released from prison, being met by Representative Louie Gohmert, the AFLDS team, and her supporters.<\/p>\n<p>We can never allow this miscarriage of justice to happen again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zh2O4S1wGY\">pic.twitter.com\/zh2O4S1wGY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. Simone Gold (@drsimonegold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsimonegold\/status\/1568271351982473217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/drsimonegold\/status\/1568271351982473217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Gold, a COVID-19 vaccine skeptic and the leader of the group America&#8217;s Frontline Doctors, pleaded guilty in March to entering and remaining in a restricted building during the Capitol riot. She was <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/anti-vaccine-doctor-sentenced-prison-storming-capitol-jan-6-rcna33938\">sentenced to two months in prison<\/a> in June.<\/p>\n<p>Gold shared photos of her release on Twitter, including her embracing Gohmert. &#8220;We can never allow this miscarriage of justice to happen again,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Gohmert, a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/judge-nathaniel-moran-wins-gop-primary-to-replace-rep-louie-gohmert-in-texas\">lost the GOP primary<\/a> for Texas attorney general earlier this year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican congressman from Texas presented a convicted Jan. 6 rioter with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol after the rioter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1638658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1638658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}