Joy Reid Tears Into GOPers For Downplaying Jan 6 Three Years Later
MSNBC host Joy Reid and Officer Fanone tore into Republicans over the news that instead of holding rioters more accountable, they've become more sympathetic to the lawbreakers during the last few years after the appalling attack on our Capitol. A new poll states that Republicans are more likely to absolve Donald Trump of responsibility for the attack than they were in 2021. Meaning they've learned nothing, and the public has been gaslit by Republican leadership as they pass down that task to Fox News, ultimately ending with Republicans not giving a shit over the worst attack on American soil in recent history.
After playing clips of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Tucker Carlson denying the violence that unfolded on Jan. 6, Joy Reid called them out.
"Certain Republicans and members of the conservative media have gone overboard this year in downplaying the insurrection and Trump's role in it," she said. "So it's no surprise that now a significant number of Americans do not even think it was his fault. A new poll from the Washington Post and the University of Maryland found that only 53% of Americans and just 14% of Republicans, one-fourth, think Trump bears a great deal or a good deal of responsibility for Jan. 6.
Those numbers are down significantly from the last time the poll was conducted in 2021."