Honoré says Jan. 6 stemmed from 'propaganda' that gave people 'a little BS'

Retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who led a review of the security failures leading up to the Jan. 6 insurrection, said Tuesday that the attack was the result of “propaganda” that gave people “a little BS about what they want to hear.”

Honoré compared former President Trump’s false claims of election fraud, which were echoed by his GOP allies in Congress, to a “guy who keeps lying about having a horse. He keeps telling people he has a horse and somebody will give him a saddle.”

“And people who are wanting to believe that message that the election was stolen, they rode with it. And they continue to ride with it,” Honoré said during a virtual discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council.