J6 Protestors Were Not Patriotic, DeSantis Tells CNN

Ron DeSantis has further alienated the America First conservatives he hoped to win over from Donald Trump’s base by disparaging January 6th protestors, denying they were motivated by patriotism.

Speaking at a CNN town hall, the Florida Governor was asked if “the January 6th insurrections display[ed] patriotism, as some of them claim they did” by an audience member.

“No, of course not,” DeSantis replied immediately. “I mean, that was not a good day for the country. I think the media has taken that, and I think the left has taken that, and really tried to politicize it, but it was not a good day for the country,” he added.

Claims Jan 6 was an “insurrection” have been disputed by even the likes of anti-Trump former CIA analyst Martin Gurri, who noted last year that there is “no such thing as an unarmed insurgency,” yet the only death on Jan 6 was Ashli Babbitt – “a young woman who was shot by a Capitol policeman [while] unarmed, as was the rest of the trespassing mob.”

DeSantis has been parroting the Democrat line on January 6th for some time, alleging Trump “was in the White House and didn’t do anything while things were going on,” and claiming he “should have come out more forcefully” against the protests.

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Omg. Desantis just said the J6 defendants “didn’t display patriotism” by protesting the 2020 election
He’s DONE with MAGA pic.twitter.com/xKgZpU9ttz
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) January 5, 2024

It was a dreadful response. He should have said the people there were protesting what they believed in their hearts was a stolen election unlike the Soros funded mobs that burned the cities during the Summer of the same year. Instead, he gave a limp wristed response you would expect from a deep state tool..another Ron fail.

Those that entered the capital building where nothing but hooligans and thugs no different than BLM...Those who stood and voiced their views peacefully where the patriots. That is what the Great Governor of Florida said if you had ears to hear, but you hear what you want to hear, that’s not good

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