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BumRushDaShow

(172,382 posts)
Fri May 22, 2026, 06:54 AM 6 hrs ago

GOP Rep. Says January 6 Was 'Made Up': 'That Was A Staged Thing'

Source: MEDIAite

May 21st, 2026, 7:25 pm


Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) said on Thursday that the January 6 insurrection was “made up,” claiming that the event was “staged” by those who opposed President Donald Trump. Norman was asked by press about the Department of Justice’s new $1.776 billion fund set up as part of a settlement of Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the 2019 leak of his tax returns.

The Department claimed the fund was meant “for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress,” leading many to question whether Jan. 6 rioters could receive money through the fund. When pressed on this possibility, Norman claimed that the insurrection had not taken place in the way it remembered, seen on video, and spoken about by those who saw or actively took part in the riot.

NORMAN: Look, January 6th was an issue that was made up in the first place.

REPORTER: Made up, sir?

NORMAN: That was a staged thing from day one.

REPORTER: The riot was staged?

NORMAN: When you had police officers letting people in the building, when you had people that’s not being prosecuted– Ray, I forget his name. There’s no excuse for that.

REPORTER: Your colleagues, though, your Republican colleagues ran for their life and barricaded themselves in their chamber. You think they were acting?

NORMAN: No, there was a riot there but it was a self made riot by members who hate Trump. It was made up, in my opinion.


More than 140 police officers were injured on January 6, including sustaining traumatic brain injuries and other lasting ailments. The attack caused approximately $3 million in damage to the Capitol.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/gop-rep-says-january-6-was-made-up-that-was-a-staged-thing/



GOP CREDOS - "Repeat a lie enough times and it will become the truth."

It's clueless mindless selfish zombies like thus guy, who have destroyed this country.
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GOP Rep. Says January 6 Was 'Made Up': 'That Was A Staged Thing' (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
It's not even Plausible Deniability purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #1
Surely.... MarcoZandrini 5 hrs ago #11
Apparently SC can't do better- hopeless chicoescuela 4 hrs ago #23
SC best ? republianmushroom 2 hrs ago #43
So,Trump is paying off Antifa crisis actors? sop 5 hrs ago #2
Exactly. choie 18 min ago #53
gullible idiot with no critical thinking skills everyonematters 5 hrs ago #3
No doubt about that... n/t SonOfNebanaube 5 hrs ago #7
Maybe Numbnuts Norman liberalgunwilltravel 5 hrs ago #4
I'm sorry, who does he represent? OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #5
"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." Timeflyer 5 hrs ago #6
Fine....staged actors that were hired didn't suffer any harm on that day Bengus81 5 hrs ago #8
Someone show him the video of Officer Fanone! Rhiannon12866 5 hrs ago #9
Thomas Hawley Tuberville made a speech yesterday in support of the 1.776billion dollar slush fund which included... littlemissmartypants 5 hrs ago #10
He's the next governor of Alabama AverageOldGuy 5 hrs ago #13
Of course he is... GiqueCee 4 hrs ago #24
Football coaches are deities in Alabama The Wizard 4 hrs ago #27
"Tubby" the Half-Wit... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #18
And...go sliding down those airline boarding steps. Gawd how I love watching that vid....... Bengus81 4 hrs ago #21
Seriously, that's what these traitors are going with? Antifa did it. travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #31
Well then we Democrats should apply for the money. But why would Trump set this up for people who Maraya1969 3 hrs ago #36
Good MoseShrute 27 min ago #50
Trump pardoned those rioters who supposedly hated him? Norrrm 5 hrs ago #12
And again...why would antifa, or whoever, try to stop the election results travelingthrulife 3 hrs ago #32
We're not supposed to believe what we saw? This guy has no business representing anyone. surfered 5 hrs ago #14
Another day, another Republican demonstrating they have no bottom dlk 5 hrs ago #15
What kind of... GiqueCee 5 hrs ago #16
Wonder how many MAGAts will believe him KS Toronado 5 hrs ago #17
Circling back to Antifa did it are they? live love laugh 4 hrs ago #19
Somebody's fishing for an endorsement. JohnnyRingo 4 hrs ago #20
If it was "staged," why the hell.... lastlib 4 hrs ago #22
Why would Democrats interrupt the certification of Biden's win ? rickford66 4 hrs ago #25
That's how you spot a MAGat BumRushDaShow 4 hrs ago #26
We need to bring back tar and feathers. NT Happy Hoosier 4 hrs ago #28
So! Pro-Biden Actors Were Paid To Disrupt The Certification Of.... ColoringFool 4 hrs ago #29
Who paid hi to say that AllaN01Bear 3 hrs ago #30
On January 8, one of my friends said that there were NO trump supporters present. mwb970 3 hrs ago #33
The line about the police opening doors and moving barriers is the one they... Ol Janx Spirit 3 hrs ago #34
There were a few sympathetic Capitol Police who appeared to go along with the insurrectionists BumRushDaShow 3 hrs ago #37
So...Trump not only gave pardons to rioters who hate him, he's also trying to give them big payouts? tanyev 3 hrs ago #35
STAGED BY TRUMP Jimvanhise 3 hrs ago #38
Well, Well, I thought the whole thing was staged. chouchou 3 hrs ago #39
And THAT is why moreland01 3 hrs ago #40
Wow! High level bullcrap here from a low level congressman. justhanginon 3 hrs ago #41
Hey Norman they posted their crimes to their own social media Ritabert 2 hrs ago #42
Norman is out of line, but he's right. Jan6 was staged and directed from the War Room in the Willard Hotel.. Marcuse 1 hr ago #44
This is pure 1984 Double Think in full cry. Up is down. In is out. flashman13 1 hr ago #45
if the REPUBLICAN PARTY THINK WE ARE BUYING THAT LOAD OF SHIT YoshidaYui 1 hr ago #46
Hey Ralph, if all those rioters are people who hate Trump, then WHY... Martin Eden 49 min ago #47
SO........ BBbats 44 min ago #48
Then why give reparations to the "rioters?" joanbarnes 32 min ago #49
What an absolute douchbag AZ8theist 25 min ago #51
Real people died. greatauntoftriplets 19 min ago #52
It must hurt to be that stupid. Orange Buffoon 7 min ago #54

choie

(7,007 posts)
53. Exactly.
Fri May 22, 2026, 01:10 PM
18 min ago

You're smarter than the reporters who no doubt lack the analytical reasoning to ask that question.

liberalgunwilltravel

(1,256 posts)
4. Maybe Numbnuts Norman
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:41 AM
5 hrs ago

Should experience a staged thing up close and personal. How do such cretins get elected? Oh, right other cretins vote for them.

Timeflyer

(3,799 posts)
6. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:45 AM
5 hrs ago

Orwell, 1984--every damn day.

Bengus81

(10,380 posts)
8. Fine....staged actors that were hired didn't suffer any harm on that day
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:51 AM
5 hrs ago

and therefore don't qualify for any compensation. Guess Fat Hitler doesn't need the money.

littlemissmartypants

(34,399 posts)
10. Thomas Hawley Tuberville made a speech yesterday in support of the 1.776billion dollar slush fund which included...
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:52 AM
5 hrs ago

His claim that Democrats were the instigators of the attack on the capital on J6.

I saw it on the PBS Newshour yesterday.

GiqueCee

(4,766 posts)
24. Of course he is...
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:46 AM
4 hrs ago

... even though his primary residence is reported to be in Florida. Well, whaddya expect? Honesty is a cardinal sin in the GOP.

GiqueCee

(4,766 posts)
18. "Tubby" the Half-Wit...
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:27 AM
5 hrs ago

... is what happens when cousins marry for several generations in a row.

Bengus81

(10,380 posts)
21. And...go sliding down those airline boarding steps. Gawd how I love watching that vid.......
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:39 AM
4 hrs ago

Maraya1969

(23,576 posts)
36. Well then we Democrats should apply for the money. But why would Trump set this up for people who
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:51 AM
3 hrs ago

were against him?

Norrrm

(5,614 posts)
12. Trump pardoned those rioters who supposedly hated him?
Fri May 22, 2026, 07:56 AM
5 hrs ago

MAGAs trying to kill polce on Jan6


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Was your flagpole damaged on Jan6 while viciously attacking police?

travelingthrulife

(5,604 posts)
32. And again...why would antifa, or whoever, try to stop the election results
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:33 AM
3 hrs ago

from being confirmed if they hated Trump? Stupid, stupid people.

dlk

(13,345 posts)
15. Another day, another Republican demonstrating they have no bottom
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:07 AM
5 hrs ago

They can always find a way to go lower.

GiqueCee

(4,766 posts)
16. What kind of...
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:07 AM
5 hrs ago

... brain-damaged, web-footed, room-temperature IQ would even consider voting for a malicious, mendacious moron like Ralph Norman? I suspect that a common question in the 5th district might be: "If we get a divorce, are we still brother and sister?"

Jesus wept.

JohnnyRingo

(20,999 posts)
20. Somebody's fishing for an endorsement.
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:37 AM
4 hrs ago

Don't ask for his "opinion" on gas prices or how attractive the president is.

lastlib

(28,640 posts)
22. If it was "staged," why the hell....
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:39 AM
4 hrs ago

...did repuglykans OPPOSE EVERY investigation into it??

rickford66

(6,099 posts)
25. Why would Democrats interrupt the certification of Biden's win ?
Fri May 22, 2026, 08:49 AM
4 hrs ago

Oh, "MAGA logic". Ie, the absence of logic.

ColoringFool

(1,104 posts)
29. So! Pro-Biden Actors Were Paid To Disrupt The Certification Of....
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:27 AM
4 hrs ago

Biden, in order to make the outgoing Trump look bad.

Quantum Chess.

mwb970

(12,163 posts)
33. On January 8, one of my friends said that there were NO trump supporters present.
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:34 AM
3 hrs ago

He said the crowd was entirely Antifa agents trying to make trump look bad. Is this that same ridiculous claim? It sounds insane on the face of it.

Ol Janx Spirit

(1,079 posts)
34. The line about the police opening doors and moving barriers is the one they...
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:36 AM
3 hrs ago

...all go to as proof that it was somehow "staged."

They always reject out-of-hand the notion that the completely outnumbered officers were just interested in saving their own lives that day by at least seeming to cooperate with a much larger mob of angry people heading their way. What else were they supposed to do? And now because they did that then the whole thing must be staged?

I've discussed J6 with many conservatives and they always point to the actions of the overwhelmed and vastly outnumbered police officers that day as "proof" it was somehow not what it obviously was. They also like to throw in Nancy Pelosi not calling in the National Guard as the cherry on top of their ice cream sundae of self-soothing lies.

But to admit that their people showed up and beat police officers and used flag poles as battering rams to break into the building--the U.S. f'n Capitol--would be far too painful for them and their eggshell-egos. It destroys every argument they've made to themselves to justify their political positions over the years.

It's pathetic....

BumRushDaShow

(172,382 posts)
37. There were a few sympathetic Capitol Police who appeared to go along with the insurrectionists
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:58 AM
3 hrs ago

and there was video footage of some of them.



Six US Capitol police officers could face discipline for 6 January actions

The rest became cannon fodder for the savage thug mobs.

tanyev

(49,696 posts)
35. So...Trump not only gave pardons to rioters who hate him, he's also trying to give them big payouts?
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:38 AM
3 hrs ago

Am I understanding this correctly, Rep. Norman???


Jimvanhise

(606 posts)
38. STAGED BY TRUMP
Fri May 22, 2026, 09:59 AM
3 hrs ago

Trump was impeached because he told the crowd to go to the Capitol Building even though the permit for his rally prohibited anyone from approaching the Capitol Building. The hours of video make a liar out of this guy and of Trump. Republicans are desperate to rewrite the history of that day. A few weeks later when Capitol police officers testified to Congress about what happened and video of the attack was shown, many Republicans refused to look at the video and on Fox News they complained that the police were "crisis actors" and that they didn't believe that the rioters yelled racial slurs at black officers. There are documentaries about what happened that day and they should be shown on every network every week. Across the world newspaper headlines declared RIOT IN WASHINGTON DC!

chouchou

(3,317 posts)
39. Well, Well, I thought the whole thing was staged.
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:01 AM
3 hrs ago

I'm thinking I'm hitting the Powerball twice today!

justhanginon

(3,385 posts)
41. Wow! High level bullcrap here from a low level congressman.
Fri May 22, 2026, 10:13 AM
3 hrs ago

Just take a minute and think about how world class incredibly stupid you have to be in order to believe this drivel. Either he is insulting the intelligence of all South Carolinians or he thinks at least the maga cult of dubious intelligence in his district will obediently buy into his crappola.

flashman13

(2,568 posts)
45. This is pure 1984 Double Think in full cry. Up is down. In is out.
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:40 AM
1 hr ago

And in South Carolina the sky is yellow and the sun is blue.

YoshidaYui

(45,782 posts)
46. if the REPUBLICAN PARTY THINK WE ARE BUYING THAT LOAD OF SHIT
Fri May 22, 2026, 11:53 AM
1 hr ago

THEY CAN ALL GET FUCKED. MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A GENERAL STRIKE IN THIS COUNTY AND NO BODY GOES TO WORK UNTIL THE WHOLE FUCKING SYSTEM CRASHES IN ON ITSELF.

Martin Eden

(15,890 posts)
47. Hey Ralph, if all those rioters are people who hate Trump, then WHY...
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:39 PM
49 min ago

....did he pardon them, and

WHY is he going to pay them millions of dollars???

BBbats

(314 posts)
48. SO........
Fri May 22, 2026, 12:44 PM
44 min ago

I guess thet won't be paying out of that slush fund to the criminal ANTIFA actors who made up all the rioters in an effort to make Trump look bad.

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