Opinion | Ashley Pratte Oates: While Republicans declare their loyalty to law enforcement on the campaign trail, too many have become apologists for the rioters who attacked officers. - NBCNewsTHINK
Ashley Pratte Oates, communications strategist and board member, Republican Women for ProgressParticipants in the mob used the very instruments with which they proclaim to support the police in actions of violence against them. Some waved Blue Lives Matter flags.
The centerpiece of the hearing opening a congressional investigation into the Capitol insurrection waswho were protecting lawmakers, staff members and visitors at the Capitol complex on Jan. 6 when an angry mob threatened their lives. The officers painted a bleak and disturbing picture of not only the hate and violence they faced that day, but also of how Republicans actually view law enforcement. Members of the GOP are willing to trample — quite literally, in some cases — on one of the last remaining pillars of the party they purport to support rather than acknowledge the truth that Donald Trump lost the election fair and square.
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