MTG’s Texts Show Birth Of “Antifa Was Behind Riot” Lies

The Washington Post reports:

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had been a member of Congress for all of three days when the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021 took place. But as text messages newly revealed by CNN show, she was already in communication with Mark Meadows, then-President Trump’s chief of staff. Greene’s texts show that she understood perfectly well that Trump supporters were responsible for the gathering threat that day — yet she quickly segued into blaming antifa, anyway.

At 2:28 p.m., while the insurrection was in full swing, Greene texted Meadows to say: “Please tell the President to calm people,” adding that “This isn’t the way to solve anything.” She knew the rioters were people who would listen to Trump. But then at 3:52 p.m., Greene texted Meadows again: “Mark we don’t think these attackers are our people. We think they are antifa. Dressed like Trump supporters.” Presto, the pro-Trump insurrection became a false flag operation!

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Good dissection from @ThePlumLineGS and @paulwaldman1 of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s role in the lie that the Jan. 6 rioters were actually antifa infiltrators — a lie repeated at nauseum on Fox that same day https://t.co/FNZZrVeX7m

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) April 26, 2022