The Deafening Silence of Pseudo-Civil Rights Stalwarts on the Jan. 6 Political Prisoners

The Deafening Silence of Pseudo-Civil Rights Stalwarts on the Jan. 6 Political Prisoners
Protesters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo
Louie Gohmert
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If Americans need any more evidence that justice is no longer blind in the United States, they need look no further than the horrific treatment of the Jan. 6, 2021, protesters—with dozens having been subjected to cruel and unusual punishment and alleged torture for doing what most of the House Democrats did in June 2016: obstructing an official session of Congress. In fact, some of the Jan. 6 defendants are the very definition of political prisoners.

Louie Gohmert
Louie Gohmert
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Louis Buller Gohmert Jr. has been a U.S. representative from Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005. Gohmert is a former jurist and was part of the Tea Party movement.
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