House Speaker Johnson Releases Jan. 6 Tapes of Protesters Strolling in Capitol

The new Speaker of the House dropped an enormous batch of movies recorded contained in the Capitol on Jan. 6 — and a few conspiracy theorists will, little doubt, say they show affirmation bias.

Speaker Mike Johnson simply launched an enormous cache of surveillance footage from contained in the Capitol that was shot on that fateful day — and you’ll think about, it exhibits various moments of exercise as demonstrators broke in and stormed the premises.

Yes, there are cases when rioters are casually strolling by means of the grounds as soon as they get inside … and in some instances, they’re truly strolling proper previous cops and different safety personnel — which, clearly, is not an ideal search for regulation enforcement.

You may even see some elected officers shuffling by means of the halls … they usually’re not essentially sprinting as they’re being escorted by armed guards. Par for the course — a ton of conservative personalities are latching on to this as proof Jan. 6 wasn’t truly an revolt … however relatively, a peaceable protest that is been blown out of proportion.

While these conservatives would possibly suppose their level is made on this video dump — truth is, there’s much more video — which we have all seen — depicting the utter chaos and violence that truly unfolded.

There are numerous movies of rioters squaring up and combating cops outdoors — with batons being swung, and mace being sprayed. Also not in dispute, Capitol Police officers misplaced their lives within the line of responsibility that day … and one protester, Ashli Babbit, was shot and killed inside. So, this wasn’t some kumbaya get-together.

It’s fascinating that Rep. Johnson — who’s identified to be very Donald Trump-friendly — was the one who ended up releasing these. Previous Speaker Kevin McCarthy had a number of stress on him to do the identical earlier than he was ousted, however in the end by no means did.