Before
Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the public release of the tapes documenting the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol so “everyone knows what did or didn’t happen.”
After
Greene now claims that releasing the footage could endanger the security of the Capitol and put individuals who were present but did not commit crimes at risk.
“We also endanger many Americans that were simply standing on the Capitol grounds, maybe never even walked through the Capitol or committed any crimes, but they could have just walked further than where the barrier was simply because the barrier was torn down by the time they got there.“
Marjorie Taylor Greene
You know, just like every peaceful tourist visit to the Capitol. I find this to be a curious concern from someone connected to GOP-led, unapproved tours given to some of these same peaceful tourists exactly one day before the Capitol attack. Those involved in the unauthorized tours have denied it, but video surveillance from Jan 5 says otherwise — and the Jan 6 committee has the receipts.
Translation: someone who can easily be connected to her is recognizable and she doesn’t want reporters getting their hands on the footage. Or she’s pandering. Or both. Probably both.
Image credit: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
