Clarence Page: GOP’s ‘legitimate’ riot gaffe shows Liz Cheney’s ‘willing hostages’ label got it right
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Feb 08, 2022
2 minutes
In their haste to rebuke two Republican members of Congress who have condemned the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and then-President Donald Trump’s role in fueling it, Republican leaders have stumbled into defending mob rule.
Yes, that sounds about as nutty as Abraham Lincoln defending the South Carolina militia’s attack on Fort Sumter in 1861.
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