Judge to Capitol riot defendant: 'Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution'

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A federal judge rejected the argument that US Capitol rioters held in jail are being prosecuted for their political views and disavowed attempts to downplay the magnitude of the deadly insurrection during a sentencing on Wednesday.

"You called yourself and everyone else patriots, but that's not patriotism," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said of defendant Karl Dresch."Patriotism is loyalty to country, loyalty to the Constitution, not loyalty to a head of state. That is the tyranny we rejected on July 4.

Read MoreDuring the hour-long hearing, Jackson pointed to Dresch's posts on social media, before and after the riot, which liken January 6 to a revolution, call the day a"total victory" and say that"traitors" in Congress now"know who's really in charge," as evidence of how many people continue to reject the results of the election and how self-described revolutionaries could be pushed to act again.

 

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