McCarthy won’t back Capitol riot probe because it ‘ignores’ other stuff
Republicans want totally unrelated issues to be part of the bipartisan commission to examine the insurrection Donald Trump incited.
By Emily Singer - May 18, 2021Republicans want totally unrelated issues to be part of the bipartisan commission to examine the insurrection Donald Trump incited.
By Emily Singer - May 18, 2021The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general revealed the figure in a report released April 16.
By Oliver Willis - April 21, 2021Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) helped incite the Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol.
By Oliver Willis - April 20, 2021Donald Trump demonized left-wing protesters as acts of right-wing terrorism spread.
By Oliver Willis - April 13, 2021Joseph Biggs, who says he was recruited by the FBI, is among the members of the Proud Boys who have been charged for their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2021Rep. Matt Gaetz has gotten no laws passed but has posted over 1,200 YouTube videos since he was elected in 2016.
By Oliver Willis - March 30, 2021‘They don’t like anybody who’s willing to spout the truth,’ the Wisconsin Republican senator said.
By Oliver Willis - March 15, 2021Trump’s defense kicked off with a string of lies.
By Emily Singer - February 12, 2021House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy reportedly told Trump, ‘It’s not Antifa, it’s MAGA.’
By Josh Israel - January 12, 2021‘They were masquerading as Trump supporters and in fact were members of the violent terrorist group antifa,’ said Rep. Matt Gaetz.
By Emily Singer - January 07, 2021Trump released a bizarre memo targeting ‘antifa’ late on Tuesday, but he totally ignored the white supremacists turning on the police and starting street fights the same night.
By Emily Singer - January 06, 2021Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) told numerous lies about a protest outside of his Washington, D.C., residence.
By Emily Singer - January 05, 2021Despite mounting threats of violence, Dan Crenshaw casts progressives and Democrats as the enemy.
By Donna Provencher - December 14, 2020A critic charged that the document ‘primes officers to use force by painting’ Black Lives Matter activists as terrorists plotting to kill police.
By Associated Press - December 04, 2020Many of the people arrested are young suburban adults from the very neighborhoods Trump vows to protect.
By Associated Press - October 20, 2020The FBI has said white supremacist and anti-government groups are responsible for most of the deadly attacks in recent years.
By Associated Press - September 27, 2020‘Nazis used the red triangle to mark political prisoners and people who rescued Jews,’ Bend the Arc, a progressive Jewish organization, confirmed.
By Emily Singer - June 18, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) is ignoring evidence of violence carried out by far-right groups.
By Dan Desai Martin - June 12, 2020Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed violence on anti-fascists.
By Josh Israel - June 10, 2020Trump recently promoted a conspiracy theory suggesting a 75-year-old protester attacked by police was faking it.
By Emily Singer - June 10, 2020Trump is promoting a conspiracy theory about a 75-year-old American man who lay bleeding in the street after police pushed him to the ground.
By Emily Singer - June 09, 2020What antifa is — and what it isn’t.
By Associated Press - June 06, 2020Twitter and Facebook busted some of the groups behind unsubstantiated social media posts.
By Associated Press - June 05, 2020Republicans have been quick to condemn antifa as chaos erupts at various protests across the country, despite scant evidence to support their claims.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020In a tweet about protesters, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said to ‘hunt them down.’
By Emily Singer - June 02, 2020Trump wants to designate antifa as a domestic terrorism organization — but that won’t prevent violence, an expert with the Brennan Center for Justice said.
By Josh Israel - June 01, 2020The former New York City mayor seemed to suggest that the 2001 terrorist attacks had something to do with antifa.
By Josh Israel - September 11, 2019Washington state Republicans don’t seem eager to expel Rep. Matt Shea, even though he seems just fine with violence and illegal surveillance against political opponents.
By Lisa Needham - April 23, 2019In a new interview, Trump issued a chilling dog whistle to his extremist base that effectively legitimizes future violence before it occurs.
By Caroline Orr - November 15, 2018Trump is using a style of rhetoric known to incite violence, while trying to distance himself enough to maintain plausible deniability.
By Caroline Orr - August 29, 2018