WU FIREBRAND Stay NY \2 3 NGL ili THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNTFIREBRANO catives: of Countering False ‘The so-called “insurrection” of January 6th represents a new level of the fabricated reality that many Democrats now live within. It is a cudgel for the sake of seizing power. Yet many GOP leaders are still making massive missteps when they speak about this issue. As we approach the 2022 midterm elections, Republican leaders must seize the mantle of truth. The absurd mainstream narrative about January 6 is rapidly losing its force. Republican voters and savvy independents know exactly why Washington and the corporate press are fixated on manufacturing false narratives about January 6: to delegitimize patriotic dissent, intimidate the public, and unjustly persecute political opposition, GOP leaders must communicate properly about January 6th to signal to voters that they are up to the task of representing them effectively How to Talk About January 6th Take Your Own Side Republicans must demonstrate they understand their voters’ legitimate concerns. The root cause of the January 6 protest was the unprecedented effort on the part of Democrats and their powerful allies to change the rules of the election in the middle of the 2020 presidential campaign, censor political speech, and allow partisan operators, to hijack the process. ‘The obvious, widespread, and historic ending of election rules and practices nationwide is not a “conspiracy theory:” these are observable facts that deeply trouble millions of patriotic Americans. In 2020, most Republican leaders failed to speak out, explain, and defend against these unprecedented efforts to manipulate the election, leaving President ‘Trump alone to point out what was happening. 'Their lack of responsiveness left every American who cares about election integrity with no meaningful representation.FIREBRANO Protesting the compromised 2020 Election is a legitimate and virtuous cause. Americans are right to protest the lie that the election cannot be questioned. Patriotic shows of strength from the GOP's voter own side by ignoring or apologizing for our voters’ them as *Lerrorists” as the Democrats and the me e good. We must not weaken ou nds, never mind describe For almost all the thousands of protestors on the ground, Janu enormous, legitimate grassroots protest in support of President ‘T integrity. ‘This is a critical and powerful signal for GOP politic have a mandate to dismiss, minimize, or vilify this cau th was. an mp and election ins to heed: they do not Correet the Record Republicans must demonstrate they understand what truly happened. Differentiate between “the protest” and “the riot.” The Democrat Party and their ccomplices smear the former by conflating it with the latter. As evidenced by elderly protestors carefully obeying the velvet ropes inside the Capitol, this was not a horde of “domestic terrorists.” They are mainstream, decent people: patriots asking for the hijacking of their country to cease. The riot at the Capitol building during this massive protest caused little violence and minimal damage—“broken glass, busted doors, and graffiti"—as admitted by the Ne York Times. Despite initial inflated claims that the building sustained $30 million in damages, prosecutors now admit in court filings the damage was around $1.4 million—mostly due to excessive amounts of chemical spray deployed by law enforeement. ‘The media has repeatedly lied about those who died that day from causes unrelated to the actions of the protestors and blindly defended and even celebrated the woubling Killing of an unarmed protester by a government offi The authorities at the Capitol did not adequately prepare for the protest and in some cases allowed protestors to enter supposedly restricted spaces. ‘They refuse to turn. over internal documents and communications that might reveal why they acted this way and no serious investigation of thei actions has been completed. The rioting that occurred that day appears to have been instigated or compounded by Federal actors. Substantial evidence reveals many of these instigators have not been charged with a crime despite ample video evidence of their actions.FIREBRANO Reveal The Strategy Republicans must publicly reveal their opponents’ true motives. © The entire mainstream its voters—hallf the cou ative is U 5 extrem nsparently intended to delegitim ts and even terrorists. e the GOP and © January 6 is being used as a pretext for a massive, government to terrorize half of and prevent them from exer to dissent and protest. At the same time, Democratic Part upport their own voters to organize, protest, and even comn justified response by the federal ig their right aders encourage and tacts of violence. © Afler encouraging and refusing to put down widespread violent riots throughout the summer of 2020 and calling any call for federal assistance “fascism,” the Democrat Party abused its power with an absurdly disproportionate use of force, flooding Washington, D.C. with the National yard. ‘They are not to be taken seriously when they speak sternly about pul safety. © Many of the J6 protestors are now charged with petty offenses such as “parading” in the Capitol. Given the leniency shown to BLM rioters and ANTIEFA, not to mention other political protesters such as the tens of thousands who occupied Capitol Hill and harassed senators during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings in 2018, these citizens are plainly political prisoners because of their political affiliations and not the crimes with which they have been charged. Their treatment in prison has been shameful. Those persecuting, them are so powerful that high-profile lawyers will not speak up in their defense (a privilege enjoyed by monsters ranging from ‘Ted Bundy to “uantanamo Bay terrorism suspects). © January 6 is being used as the justification for the creation of new agencies and the illegitimate wholesale use of the national security complex to surveil, censor, persecute, and disenfranchise the domestic opponents of the Democrat Party. The National Security Division at the Department of Justice opened a “Domestic ‘Terror Unit” with no legislative authority whatsoever. The DOJ now is asking for $2.6 billion MORE in funding for 2023 to hire additional pros for the January 6 investigation. The Intelligence Community and the powerful tools of our federal government are now being marshaled by politicalFIREBRANO operators for use against U.S. citizens and legit © January 6 is being used to attempt to disqualify Republican candidates running, for office, further evidence that the ultimate goal of the January 6th narrative is to permanently deprive GOP voters of representation. © GOP politicians who cannot be clear about this existential issue, and refuse to campaign and govern on holding those responsible to account, are acting as opposition. GOP politicians must prioritize this as an existential threat to their voters and threaten, colleagues who are in denial with exile if they protect sinister elements of the L who are responsible for vi ng the izenty. Go On Offense Republicans must commit to uncovering the truth and stopping this abuse of power. © the J6 committee's fail peace, and failure to uncov riot itself, should be treated as daa aspiring Republican leaders. re to investigate the authorities responsible for keeping the the truth about federal operatives’ role in i ig the ng. These telling omissions must be targeted by # Since no serious investigation can take place until the GOP retakes the House, in the up to the 2022 elections the GOP must put the burden on the Democrats to refute jous questions about the true nature of the riot, Republicans must make concrete demands of the sham 6 committee to expose their agenda: © Why were Capitol Police unprepared, and why won't they release all records lating to what happened that day? Why did the Capitol Police Board, under the control of both Nancy Pelosi and Mitch McConnell, refuse requests. for additional security? Why did D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser only summon around 300 National Guardsmen for January 6, mostly to handle traffic and pedestr flow? Did government informants or Federal agents try to instigate and direct the jot? Why won't the Committee investigate the role of the FBI? Why were hundreds of FBI special forces assembled at Quantico the weekend before January 6 and deployed, unidentified, to Capitol Hill early that day? © Why did law enforcement kill at least one w \d.use brutal foree against others? med personaFIREBRANO © What happened to Rosanne Boyland, Kevin Greeson, and Benjamin Phillips, the three ‘Trump supporters who died that day in addition to Ashli Babbitt? Witnesses and even first responders suggest all three died after police used munitions and chemical spray on protesters—where is the investigation into their deaths? Where are the reports from both Capitol Police and D.C, Metro on internal westigations of excessive force? © From all available evidence, the vast majority of protesters didn’t take the bail after the doors were opened for them. They did not commit acts of violence. Why won't the government release the thousands of hours of footage U confirm this? © On what basis the fact? autho orce for weeks after ies make an outrageous show of © Why are they still disproportionately and unjustly prosecuting those involved (with the exception of their own undercover agents) as political prisoners for minor crimes? Any adequate response requires more than words: GOP politicians must commit to specific future actions to a) uncover the truth about the riot instigated at the Capitol building and punish any wrongdoing by governmental actors and b) stop the national security complex from using the riot and other pretexts to surveil and persecute American citizens and their elected officials. GOP politicians who denounced their own voters out of self-preservation must be treated as intentionally subversive opposition. There is no ambiguity about what the Intelligence Commu | the media are atlempting to do to “opposition party” mericans. A party full of elected leaders refusing to take the side of their own voters on this matter is suicidal. In Summary: Do’s and Don'ts . DO emphasize the legitimacy of the protest. DO push for investigations of unconstitutional election manipulation DO fight against the pretext of J6 being used to expand the government's capabilities that are weaponized against the American people. If they did not use this excuse, they would have manufactured another, DO pledge to hold the corrupt intelligence community to account. in 2020,FIREBRANO DO pledge to investigate the intel and beyond. DO pledge to hold corrupt lawmakers to account for the illegitimate Jo committee. DO channel voters’ enthusiastic demands for clei tegrity into maximizing the rength of integrity laws at the state level, and ig interference by bad actors such as Zuckerberg and Soros. DO make specific commitments concerning holding the intelligence community, the J6 committee, and Federal law enforcement acco role in the dangerous nd unprecedented political persecution of Ame igence community's failings to prevent violence on J6 DON'T condemn, dismiss, insult, vlify, or delegitimize your own voters. DON'T ! 1 involved as “domestic terrorists.” DON'T waste time complaining about hypocrisy. Channel this energy toward holding, compromised factions of the U.S. government accountable. DON’T naively play along as though the J6 Committee, the DOy’s “Capitol Si or the corrupt intelligence bureaucracy have any legitimacy. DON’T echo the Democrats and the media's framing that J6 was a “seditious” “attack” of greater significance on the Constitution, the country, and so on. DON'T ignore political persecution and abuses of power because the media intimidates you out of standing up for what is right, exe” probe