For those readers and other fringe right types who feel the January 6th insurrection was a leftist affair, this is a blow – if, of course, they hear about it:<\/p>\n
In the six months leading up to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Anthony Antonio spent his days watching Fox News \u2014 a habit that actually made him ill, his attorney told a D.C. federal magistrate judge on Thursday.<\/p>\n
His ailment? \u201cFoxitis,\u201d his attorney said, the\u00a0HuffPost reported<\/a>. \u201cHe became hooked with what I call \u2026 \u2018Foxmania.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n
In the virtual hearing, which went awry when another alleged Capitol rioter interrupted with obscenities, Antonio\u2019s attorney, Joseph Hurley, claimed that Fox News\u2019s decision to regularly air then-President Donald Trump\u2019s false claims of mass election fraud contributed to Antonio\u2019s decision to participate in the insurrection.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Whether or not this defense, if it even is such a thing, is accepted, it squarely plants the blame on the fringe right, with Fox News as its representative. Every attempt to cast blame on Black Lives Matter or antifa<\/em> can be met with, “And how do you explain Mr. Antonio’s defense strategy?”<\/p>\n
And it leaves the far right fringe, in the person of the opinion leaders at Fox News, such as Tucker Carlson, as well as every single GOP<\/strong><\/em> House of Representatives member who voted against accepting the electoral college results, guilty of attempted insurrection. The latter’s behavior is incompatible with the requirements of Congress, and they should resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
For those readers and other fringe right types who feel the January 6th insurrection was a leftist affair, this is a blow – if, of course, they hear about it: In the six months leading up to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Anthony Antonio spent his days watching Fox \u2026 Continue reading