Release Of Ray Epps’ Transcript Again Deflates Right-Wing Claims About Jan. 6

This week, Fox News host Tucker Carlson had a critique of the January 6 report: there was no mention of the supposed federal provocateur that the right held responsible for the whole event!


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1443499
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Ray Epps tricked thousands of MAGA people into storming the Capitol by suggesting that they should storm the Capitol. Entrapment!

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Cue the Q-spiracy on how Mr Epps was bought off, or brainwashed, or replaced by a double, or maybe never existed.

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That’s the ugliest cat I’ve ever seen.

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The panel also asked Epps if he was affiliated with any of the following agencies: the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department. He answered no to them all.

I can hear Tucker and the rest of the right now:

“Well of course he’d say that. As part of the cover-up he was allowed to lie to Congress.”

This is why you can never win with a conspiracy theorist. Any evidence that you present to them that contradicts their conspiracy theory will only immediately be disregarded by them as being part of the conspiracy.

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And of course, if Epps ever sought to sue Tucker for defamation, Tucker’s out is that he’s “just an entertainer,” spewing nonsense and only complete morons would believe anything he said on air.

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That’s no cat, it’s the shaved ass-end of an ugly dog.

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Just another day of hoping I’ll log on to my computer to find a headline like “Trump Arrested on Dozens of Counts”

But no. I can’t tune in later to watch as he’s perp walked into a federal courthouse for his arraignment. Or hear prosecutors outline how many years in prison that he faces.

Will it happen before the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection? Will it ever happen?

Probably not.

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The only 'T***p movement" that I’m aware of is that of TFG’s bowels.

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This is why you can never win with a conspiracy theorist. OR, as the saying goes, you can’t win an argument with a fool.

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Or the preferred…

Cardiac Arrested… multiple charges/ discharges but the charges didn’t stick no other cardioversion of this story”

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And also, the complete lack of evidence further convinces the conspiracy theorist that the conspiracy must be real, and goes deep.

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Tucker’s “befuddled glare.” Good description.

To me, he always looks like a constipated toddler who can’t understand why the poop won’t come out.

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“Epps has become the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory…”

“Conspiracy theory” is kid-glove treatment for “lies, disinformation, and delusion” that lead to criminality.

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True, but if that’s entertainment, it’s the least entertaining entertainment available outside of a Kid Rock show.

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And yet so much poop comes out…

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That photo of Tuckums really needed a trigger warning. No I’ll have to meditate to get my shoulders down from around my ears.

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Indeed! The photogenic and social qualities of cats have been declining everywhere for some time now.

Cats today almost remind me of Gen Z.

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