GOP lawmakers' conflicting actions regarding Jan. 6 rioters and law enforcement

House Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, are attempting to distort the facts of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot and downplay the risk of domestic extremism in the U.S. They are seeking to portray the perpetrators of the riot as victims of zealous federal prosecutors and attempting to rebrand those who stormed the Capitol as “political prisoners.” This is alarming to those who recognize a dangerously Orwellian attempt to whitewash recent history. Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers are handshaking and high-fiving the prisoners, who chanted “Let's Go Brandon!” as the group left.