Posted on May 28, 2021
Most Republicans blame ‘left-wing protesters’ for Capitol riot: poll
1.21K
10
2
5
5
0
Most Republicans blame the non-existent presence of “left-wing protesters” for the 6 January pro-Trump attack on the US Capitol, according to a new poll, while few think the former president, who spread election-related lies for months and helped incite the riot, is to blame.
Just 41 per cent of Republicans in a Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted this week said Trump supporters bore responsibility for the attack, which sought to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election win and “Stop the Steal”, while 73 per cent says “some” or a “great deal” of the blame rests with “left wing protesters trying to make Trump look bad”.
This finding in the 1588-person poll is striking because there’s no concrete evidence of any meaningful left-wing involvement behind the riot, according to the FBI as well as Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy. But the claim, reported by the conservativeWashington Times newspaper and later championed by Trump-esque congressman Matt Gaetz, has proved a popular one, with similar results from an American Enterprise Institute poll in February.
Just 41 per cent of Republicans in a Yahoo News/YouGov poll conducted this week said Trump supporters bore responsibility for the attack, which sought to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s election win and “Stop the Steal”, while 73 per cent says “some” or a “great deal” of the blame rests with “left wing protesters trying to make Trump look bad”.
This finding in the 1588-person poll is striking because there’s no concrete evidence of any meaningful left-wing involvement behind the riot, according to the FBI as well as Republican minority leader Kevin McCarthy. But the claim, reported by the conservativeWashington Times newspaper and later championed by Trump-esque congressman Matt Gaetz, has proved a popular one, with similar results from an American Enterprise Institute poll in February.
Most Republicans blame ‘left-wing protesters’ for Capitol riot: poll
Posted from independent.co.uk
Protest
Washington
Congress
Posted 3 y ago
Responses: 2
3
3
0
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel "But it’s also not that surprising. Both the Republican party faithful, its elected leaders, and its media allies have sought to downplay the relevance of the Capitol breach, even though it left multiple people dead, injured more than 140, and is the most significant attack on the seat of US government in two centuries.
Their reasons vary from genuinely believing lies about what happened, to seeking to protect the party’s reputation ahead of 2022 midterm elections."
Their reasons vary from genuinely believing lies about what happened, to seeking to protect the party’s reputation ahead of 2022 midterm elections."
(3)
(0)
0
0
0
I'm seeing more and more garbage like this and what this gentleman is stating up above. Rally point is definitely not what it once was.
(0)
(0)
Read This Next
Continue with Facebook 
Continue with Google