Days before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, an assessment by U.S. Capitol Police analysts highlighted heated remarks by Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) as potentially encouraging violence over Donald Trump’s presidential election defeat, Politico reported. “Bottom line is, the court is saying, ‘We’re not going to touch this,’” said Gohmert, referring to his failed suit to challenge the 2020 presidential election results, which Trump claimed were rigged. The analysis also noted that Trump supporters’ “sense of desperation and disappointment may lead to more of an incentive to become violent.”Gohmert was quickly criticized at the time for appearing to call for violence. Gohmert insisted in a tweet then that he had “not encouraged” violence and unequivocally did not advocate for violence. AdvertisementHe reiterated that to Politico in response to the story.

Source: Huffington Post January 09, 2022 01:00 UTC