The Democratic National Committee’s “War Room” is decrying a provocative social media post from a Panhandle Congressman.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz described himself as “standing back and standing by” while attending former President Donald Trump’s New York City trial. That’s a reference to Trump telling the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by” in a 2020 debate with Joe Biden, in a response to a question urging Trump to condemn White supremacy.
“Donald Trump is surrounding himself today with disgraced MAGA extremists like Matt Gaetz, who is shamelessly invoking Trump’s infamous call for the Proud Boys to ‘stand back and stand by’ before they violently attacked our democracy on January 6,” claimed Rapid Response Director Alex Floyd.
“This is just the latest in a long pattern of Trump and his allies stoking fear and violence, as they continue to cozy up to dangerous criminals and white supremacists, praising them at every opportunity and pledging pardons to convicted January 6 rioters. Trump and his allies’ total disregard for democracy or the rule of law is dangerous and a disgraceful embarrassment to our country — and voters will remember that come November.”
As many readers will remember, Trump’s infamous advice to the Proud Boys came shortly before his election loss, leading to the riots at the Capitol when Trump’s most ardent supporters attempted to derail the certification of the Presidential Election by Congress. Many of them have since been imprisoned.
–A.G. Gancarski, Florida Politics
Jackson says
The DOJ’s failure to hold accountable all bad actors in the Senate and House signals tacit approval of their attempt, whether intended or not.
So we can expect another run at our democracy by those whose only motivation is hate.
We beat them during WW2 in Europe, and we must beat them this November, here in the USA.
Larry says
The dissolution of the once Great republican party is a great loss. Gaetz, Greene are just the face of the problem. They and trump are leading us to at the least an autocracy at worst an autocratic theocracy. A blatant attack on what’s left of this Democracy. Never in the history of our country have the courts at the highest level taken rights away from the people. If trump is successful expect more of your rights being lost.