Fmr. Rep. Denver Riggleman:
You know, that’s maybe the one thing that he did was, his pardon actually showed that he thought he was responsible for it.
And I think that’s something we can look at. I mean, obviously, he didn’t do it for any noble reason, but he was ultimately responsible for what happened on January 6. And as far as the foot soldiers, are we saying that people that are of sound mind actually think that QAnon is a real thing?
If you think about that — what happened that day, that was purely based on conspiracy theories. Every single person that day, whether they attacked the Capitol or not, believed in something that was false. They believed in this sort of cultlike thing, right, that the election was stolen, whether it was through German servers or through broken algorithms or space satellites or NSA or CIA or white vans with ballots, all the ludicrous, ridiculous things that was pushed into the ecosystem by Trump and his minions.
So, yes, it should scare the hell out of people that you have somebody up there, right, that pardoned a bunch of violent people, where he’s actually sort of saying, yes, it was me. You know, I’m the one who told them to do it.
And so, for me, I don’t care how other people react in Washington, D.C., or care how other people react outside of Washington, D.C. What I care about is truth. What I care about is fighting corruption. And what we’re seeing in the Republican Party now is such a deep rot that I don’t know if you can actually take it out.
So, for me, I would rather be alone telling the truth than with many following a lie.
