FreedomWorks Staffer Faces Charges In Jan. 6 Capitol Attack | Talking Points Memo

A staffer for the right-wing group FreedomWorks was arrested last week and charged for his alleged involvement in the Capitol attack, court documents unsealed Thursday show. 


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Remember the in the days of yore when our side was considered “scruffy”?
Will he claim that he was just a “hall monitor”?

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Nice touch that the Feds are just quietly plugging away, going through every bit of video to find everyone.

@playitagainrowlf is gonna shit himself when he finds out I made a mask that matches his face for the outing that day.

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I thought we just CGI-ed them in the video?

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“Brandon Prenzlin, who had been listed as a ‘grassroots coordinator’ on the FreedomWorks staff page as recently as two weeks ago, had been removed from that page Thursday.”

That outfit is astroturf from top to bottom.

The only person doing anything “grassroots” for FreedomWorks is Charles Koch’s landscaper.

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An off topic breaking story that fills my heart with gladness —

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Breaking and entering into the Capitol of the United States of America.

Do the crime, do the time.

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But, but theys were invited, invited they say by the President!
I guess they should be asked to produce evidence of said “invitation”.

And frankly I’m waiting to hear one of them explain exactly what they planned to do once inside the chamber where the counting of the state’s EC votes were being received and tallied.

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99% of them had no clue. That’s why they kinda wandered around taking selfies.

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And dropped packages near the DNC and RNC HQs before the big show.

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Coup de tots

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As Professor Eastman (or Nike) would say…
Don’t ask, Don’t ponder, Don’t stick your damn toe in the water …
… Just Do It!

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It’s almost like Jan6 wuz paid for.

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Oh… if things played out just a bit differently -they had one big clue …
If they had somehow stumbled across an unaccompanied Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, or some other targets of their anger … mob mentality would have ensued, a shout would have lead to a shove … to more shoves… to a fall then… a stomping by a deranged fired up out of control mob…
There is zero doubt that 15-20 dead Democrats was within the realm of Trump’s inner most fantasies… about what it was that he unleashed when he wound up that crowd.

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Ah, freedom works in mysterious ways don’t it dufus Prenzlin.

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Just left a townhall with WV delegates @DelHolstein23, Laura Kimble, Charles Horst, and activists in Charleston to discuss the dangers of [#HR1] x.com) and why @Sen_JoeManchin needs to defend the Filibuster. #ampFW

This should be used to force Manchin to stop defending the filibuster. Does he really want to be identified as doing the bidding of a brownshirt insurrectionist?? 'Cause that is PRECISELY what he is doing, whether he’s smart enough to realize it or not.

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Little by little, step by step…we’ve got you!

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Another heedless moron loses his job just because he took part in a riot and helped ransack the Capitol building. Maybe the whole thing was actually a plot to make the unemployment rate spike.

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Most lynch mobs have no clue. They’re following not leading. That doesn’t mean that people don’t get lynched in the process…

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Can someone please explain to me why these jerks are only being charged with misdemeanors? That’s like a parking ticket.Didn’t Trump issue an executive order that it was a felony to take part in violence on a federal property? is that still in force?

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