Mike Johnson Refuses to Explain 'Clear Distinction' Between
J6 Riot and ICE Protests: 'I'm Not Going to Relitigate'
"We're trying to be intellectually consistent about this," Johnson claimed.
House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed there was a "clear distinction" between the ongoing Los Angeles protests against ICE raids and the January 6 Capitol riot in 2021.CNN reporter Manu Raju questioned Johnson on Tuesday, asking if it's hypocritical to condemn violent protestors in LA, given President Donald Trump's pardoning of violent protestors in the Capitol insurrection."No," Johnson replied with an eye roll. "I think there's a clear distinction between those two."Raju followed up, pressing Johnson to specify, "What is the difference?"
"Everyone wants me to re-litigate January 6th. I'm not going to do that," Johnson said. "There's a very clear distinction between the two."
"We're trying to be intellectually consistent about this."
Intellectually consistent? Not even close. Johnson thinks we're all stupid.
But, his refusal to articulate any distinction makes sense. MAGA elites cannot reconcile djt's pardons of violent 1/6 insurrectionists while condemning LA protesters in Los Angeles. There is no distinction other than MAGA's routine double standards. Republicans have had several days to dream up persuasive talking points about this. So far, they have failed.
So instead of a reasonable, defensible rationale from MAGA elites, we get an arrogant dismissal with no explanation of the alleged "clear distinction" between MAGA condemnation of the protesters in LA and djt's pardoning of the 1/6 insurrectionists in 2021. Alleging a "clear distinction" is a cynical, insulting lie.