{"id":43765,"date":"2021-05-21T15:20:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T22:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=43765"},"modified":"2021-05-21T20:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T03:50:50","slug":"1-6-21-was-just-a-normal-tourist-visit-day-the-mother-of-all-hypocrisies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/21\/1-6-21-was-just-a-normal-tourist-visit-day-the-mother-of-all-hypocrisies\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/6\/21 Was Just &#8220;A Normal Tourist Visit&#8221; Day: The Mother of All Hypocrisies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I decided that the Republican&#8217;s Orwellian hypocrisy of this magnitude rewriting the history of their 1\/6\/21 Riot, Siege and Insurrection needs to be memorialized.<\/p>\n<p>True to form, Republicans, when faced with facts they don&#8217;t like, will simply lie and deny them.\u00a0 Then turn right around and whitewash them to comport to their delusions.\u00a0 The recent classic example is by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), who actually claimed that the Trumpkins at our Capitol on 1\/6\/21 were just enjoying a <strong><em>&#8220;Normal Tourist Visit&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/video\/c\/embed\/b9e769e2-33ea-4a6c-9e20-5302e4c3c7ca\" width=\"480\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to Clyde and his buddies, these photos of &#8220;tourists&#8221; at the Capitol on 1\/6\/21 were just Trumpkins mildly misbehaving:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Trumpkins.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Trumpkins.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And these headlines documenting their Insurrection are obviously all just <em>&#8220;Fake News&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Headlines_2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Headlines_2.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Headlines_1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43769\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Headlines_1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"408\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Colbert does his usual exemplary superb job of showcasing Rep. Andrew Clyde&#8217;s <em><strong>&#8220;Normal Capitol Tour&#8221;<\/strong><\/em> travelogue (with his tongue firmly planted in his cheek):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Congressman Clyde&#039;s Capitol Tours!\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kwQVPTA3-Eg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>No doubt you&#8217;re thinking to yourselves:<\/h4>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>&#8220;WOW!\u00a0 Now that has <u>GOT<\/u> to be the Mother of All Hypocrisies!&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/But-Wait_There-Is-MORE_1_OPT.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43771\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/But-Wait_There-Is-MORE_1_OPT.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The real hypocrisy cherry-on-the-top is that recently a photo of Rep. Andrew <strong><em>&#8220;Normal-Tourist-Visit&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> Clyde emerged showing him at the entrance to the House Chamber while those <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rioting Trumpkins<\/span> &#8220;tourists&#8221; were peacefully strolling about in the Rotunda and Halls.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rep_Clyde?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Rep_Clyde<\/a>: Is that you in the picture? Do you remember? Insurrectionists were trying to stop the election certification. This was not, as you now say, a \u201cnormal tourist visit.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>140 police officers were injured, some severely. You should apologize to law enforcement. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YvXvVQHqE8\">https:\/\/t.co\/YvXvVQHqE8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedlieu\/status\/1393441151697375235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Inner Tubes had difficulty originally discerning whether Clyde was welcoming them or barricading them:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Clyde-Barricades-Door.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43772\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Clyde-Barricades-Door.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then an even more recent photo surfaced of Clyde showing him screaming in abject terror!\u00a0 (Looks like he went with barricading those <em>&#8220;Normal Tourist Visitors&#8221;<\/em>.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Clyde-SCREAMS.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43773\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Clyde-SCREAMS.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But from the above WaPo video (that I could only link to) of those revisionist Republicans, I will agree that Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) did happen to get one thing right at the very end of the tape<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><em>&#8220;The hypocrisy of this body is, indeed, disturbing.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>~~~<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Lest We Forget What Republicans Want Us To Forget \u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>In Memoriam<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam.jpg 854w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Sicknick-Funeral_1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Capitol-Riot_Sicknick-Funeral_1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"609\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam_2.jpg 609w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam_2-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Sicknick_In-Memoriam_2-150x118.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I decided that the Republican&#8217;s Orwellian hypocrisy of this magnitude rewriting the history of their 1\/6\/21 Riot, Siege and Insurrection needs to be memorialized. True to form, Republicans, when faced with facts they don&#8217;t like, will simply lie and deny them.\u00a0 Then turn right around and whitewash them to comport to their delusions.\u00a0 The recent <a href='https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/21\/1-6-21-was-just-a-normal-tourist-visit-day-the-mother-of-all-hypocrisies\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4383,4381],"class_list":["post-43765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-capitol-insurrection","tag-rep-andrew-clyde","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}