Pennsylvania GOP lawmakers fostered false election allegations that fueled Capitol riot

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Rioters who supported President Trump cite false allegations about election fraud in Pennsylvania — shared by some of the state’s own Republican lawmakers — as a reason to “storm the Capitol” on Jan. 6.

The state where the country’s democracy was founded, Pennsylvania saw members of Congress object to its electors even as broken glass still littered the floor of the Capitol hours after the riot ended, perpetuating doubts among Trump supporters about the integrity of the state’s election.Pennsylvania law enforcement agencies said this past week that they are gearing up for potential violence in the state ahead of Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington, D.C., and Gov.

Jack Thomas Tomarchio, who served as the principal deputy under secretary for intelligence under the Bush administration and helped set up domestic intelligence gathering networks nationwide, said Pennsylvania — where he lives — is particularly under threat because of the number of militia groups in the state and its central role in the election fraud conspiracy theories.

“Pennsylvania is definitely a high-profile target because it’s one of the states these groups were contesting,” he said. “At the same time, Pennsylvania has the dubious distinction of having about 28 militia groups, especially in the northern tier of the state. These places harbor a lot of right-wing extremist groups, and so that’s another reason why the state has to be really careful.

Lt. Gov. John Fetterman delivers an introduction for Gov. Tom Wolf during an inaugural ceremony on Jan. 15, 2019, in Harrisburg, Pa.“What Republicans are planning to do with the Supreme Court is reprehensible,” said Fetterman, who Republicans voted to remove as president of the Senate last week in what state Democrats called “an attempted coup.”

 

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CHRISTIAN WHITE SUPREMACISTS ARE IN POLITICAL OFFICE, ARE EMBEDDED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY AND ARE BEING AIDED BY THE REPUBLICANS. Their goal..TOTAL CONTROL OF AMERICA.

Constituents believed and trusted elected officials

Is it me or does it feel that every time I see a person in a red MAGAt hat I want to yell 'Traitor'.

Ridiculous.

PaHouseDems PUA in PA

Pa GOP sent multiple flyers on how to vote mail in like they had no problem with it. Then Trump lost and they want to suddenly remove 2 million votes because “mail ins were not approved correctly”. Looking at you Scott Perry. There is the real fraud

I would love to see the fraud evidence. I’ve looked at voter stats from 23 states, 1398 countries and not one case where ballots cast exceed registered voters. GOP GOPLeader GOPChairwoman wont provide evidence.

It's a shame what the GOP did to low iQ people of the south

Here is what I find ironic! The rioters who beat up police officers with American Flags are the same people who took offense to Colin Kaprenick who took a knee in Quite protest of police abuse because they felt he was disrespectful of the Flag and the Military!

GlobalMegaExpo 성경의 에언이 성취되며 메시아의 오심의 징조가 분명하게 나타나고 있습니다. 인간은 모두 예수님께 순종해야 합니다.

Trump was actively enlisting his own 'Trump Army' via campaign emails: “The Trump Army is made up of the President’s fiercest defenders who are willing to go to battle with the Left-wing MOB whenever they come after us.'

The allegations aren't false..

PaHouseDems PAGOP PASenateGOP PAHouseGOP The sheer disgust of these traitors who have continually LIED Conned & ATTACKED the LEGAL voters are now looking to further RAPE these same voters by AGAIN attacking OUR rights They obviously HAVE NOT read the meaning of the word COMMONWEALTH

These pro-democracy fighters just want an election to be not stolen! TRUMP PLEASE SAVE AMERICA!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Of course there gonna blame everything but the right thing, They should be watched if they try to brag,post,or make money off anything they stole from the Capital or did at the Capital. They should have to be apologetic when talking about it

There’s voter bs that happens in probably ever election. Just because it may not be enough to change a result doesn’t make it acceptable.

JakeCorman & SenMastriano should be in jail!

Any Veteran that supports Trump is not a Veteran, they are Fool's and Suckers

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