The following audio is not surprising, given that the Trump GOP has morphed into a “Big Lie,” anti-democracy party – but it’s *very* disturbing nonetheless. As the Democratic Party of Virginia accurately puts it (note: see their press release, below): “Republicans in VA-07 are flat out denying the events of the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6th.”
For instance, one of the frontrunners, Yesli Vega, says that 1/6/21 was “actually a group of Americans exercising their 1st amendment right…and as a result of doing that, they’ve been persecuted, they’ve been shamed, they’ve been forced out of their jobs…the double standard is sickening.” WTF???
As if that’s not bad enough, another VA07 GOP candidate, Gina Ciarcia, said “I resent it being called an insurrection because it was not” (uhhhh…fact check: IT WAS AN INSURRECTION!)…”and I also think Ted Cruz saying that it was a violent act of terrorism was also completely inaccurate and he should have never said that” (fact check: Ted Cruz was right for once!)
And then there’s VA State Senator Bryce Reeves, a hard-right Republican, saying “So my personal belief is it wasn’t an insurrection
On and on it goes. THIS is today’s Republican Party – period.
P.S. For more information on these people, including their positions on the issues, see here.
Republicans in VA-07 are flat out denying the events of the deadly insurrection on Jan. 6th.
Don’t take it from us, take it from their own words: pic.twitter.com/C1A1X8LrIZ
— Virginia Democrats (@vademocrats) May 19, 2022
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