MAGA Republicans Continue to Prioritize Election Denialism and Double Down on Big Lie Ahead of January 6, 2025
“No matter the results of the 2024 election, ensuring a peaceful certification should be a top priority.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As we approach January 6, 2025, MAGA Republicans nationwide are doubling down on their extreme election denialism. On a national stage, former President Donald Trump peddled baseless lies and conspiracies around the January 6th insurrection and the 2020 election, including:
- Defending the rioters who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
- Disrespecting the law enforcement officers that defended the Capitol that day while neglecting the fact that five officers died and 140 were injured.
- Refusing to accept that he lost the 2020 election.
These are the same lies that MAGA Republicans have used to lay the groundwork for another insurrection.
“The display of disrespect for our democracy from the former president last night regarding the attack on our nation’s Capitol is a slap in the face to myself and my fellow officers who risked our lives fending off the rioters emboldened by Donald Trump,” said Sergeant Aquilino Gonell. “Even if the former president wants to downplay the gravity and horror of what I went through, the truth must prevail and our sacrifices cannot be erased. No matter the results of the 2024 election, ensuring a peaceful certification should be a top priority, not spreading the Big Lie or setting the stage for history to repeat itself. As we all saw last night, the stakes are too high – the will of the American people must be peacefully upheld.”
“At this point, Trump is a broken record spewing the same Big Lie regarding the 2020 election and his involvement on January 6th,” said Former Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone. “As we approach January 6, 2025, the American people deserve a commitment from all members of Congress that regardless of the results of this election, they will do their part in securing our democracy.”
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