In many cases, tremendous people,” Trump added. Other GOP lawmakers have called the events of Jan. 6 “a normal tourist visit” and a “peaceful protest.”“That makes no sense at all. I dispute his facts tremendously,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) told HuffPost on Monday when asked about Trump’s Jan. 6 narrative. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) said: “The people who stormed the Capitol and who vandalized the Capitol ― I think they broke the law.... Body camera footage recently released by the Justice Department shows the terrifying violence police officers faced on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, including from Trump supporters who used large signs as battering rams.

Source: Huffington Post July 13, 2021 00:56 UTC