“They got away with something, and it is leading to our Country’s destruction. They want all conversation concerning the Election ‘Canceled.’” — Donald Trump
PENNSYLVANIA — Today, on the anniversary of the January 6 insurrection, former President Donald Trump released a statement promoting the same dangerous election conspiracy theories that led to the deadly insurrection at our Capitol and continue to destabilize our democracy. Pennsylvanians deserve to know if the GOP PA-Gov candidates agree with Trump’s dangerous lies.
While the 2020 election in Pennsylvania was safe and secure, free and fair, Trump once again doubled down on the repeatedly debunked Big Lie, declaring, “Just look at the numbers, they speak for themselves. They are not justifiable, so the complicit media just calls it the Big Lie, when in actuality the Big Lie was the Election itself.”
Meanwhile, on Steve Bannon’s show — a favorite destination for many GOP PA-Gov candidates — far-right extremists U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz were with Bannon, where the crew repeated Trump’s baseless claims, saying that President Biden and Vice President Harris are “illegitimate. Trump won.”
“As we remember the horror of the January 6 insurrection and remember the bravery of Capitol Police and the National Guard, Donald Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz, and their fellow MAGA extremists are still peddling dangerous lies that undermine our democracy — and Pennsylvanians deserve to know whether the Republican candidates for Governor agree,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Party spokesperson Marisa Nahem. “The Big Lie is very much alive in the crowded GOP primary, and instead of focusing on the issues that matter to Pennsylvania families, the many far-right wannabes remain committed to championing the same conspiracy theories that led to the devastating attack on our Capitol one year ago and continue to cause instability in communities across the Commonwealth today.”
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