Thread by @EgSophie

The Million MAGA March on Nov 14, 2020 was a preview of the collaboration between GOP politicians, conservative groups, and neo-Nazis that we saw again on Jan 6, 2021.

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The 11/14 rally was organized by @america1stwomen, w turnout generated by @NickjFuentes & his groypers, Proud Boys, Alex Jones, politicians like @RepMTG. It was the largest gathering of white nationalists, neo-Nazis, militias, and hate groups since UTR in Charlottesville in 2017.

On 1/6, the group came together again for another rally. The site listed organizing groups as @america1stwomen, @ali's Stop the Steal, Rule of Law Defense Fund (led by @AGSteveMarshall), Turning Point Action (led by @charliekirk11), Tea Party Patriots, etc alreporter.com/2021/01/07/ala…

MarchToSaveAmerica.com (site for 1/6) appears to be down, as is TrumpMarch.com (site for Nov 14 rally). StopTheSteal.us, which was one of the organizing groups, still appears to be up. Guess who it lists as its AZ organizer? @RepGosar.

.@RepGosar, who is still ACTIVELY trying to overturn the results of the election is listed as an organizer of a group behind 1/6 rally. Another organizer? Michael Coudrey. Coudrey marched in Charlottesville in 2017, alongside Nick Fuentes...who led the 1/6 storming of the Capitol

.@DrPaulGosar/@RepGosar and the @AZGOP have been friendly with Coudrey and open Nazis for a while. See below for a nice photo of Coudrey smiling next to someone giving the Hitler salute.

https://twitter.com/nickmartin/status/1340166363545882626

Per @propublica: #StopTheSteal leaders said on 12/13 "We came up with the idea to occupy just outside the CAPITOL on Jan 6th.”

@RepGosar is 1 of those leaders. He's listed on the website. So is Michael Coudrey, who marched w/ neo-Nazis in Charlottesville.
propublica.org/article/capito…

#StopTheSteal's primary leader is @ali, a close ally of @RepGosar. Here he is repeatedly implying that he's willing to do whatever it takes to overturn the election, including a full-blown revolution. But he made sure to say he accepts "zero liability," so it's all good.

I'm harping on this because I just have not seen people emphasizing that a sitting member of Congress who is still trying to overturn the election was clearly part of the group that organized the events leading up to the storming of the Capitol.

.@ali was working on #StopTheSteal with both @RepGosar AND Nick Fuentes, who led the storming of the Capitol. See Ali and Nick marching into the GA State Capitol together on 11/18.

So I'm curious... how directly were Gosar & Fuentes were working together?

https://twitter.com/afainatl/status/1329123603946893313

.@DrPaulGosar continues to claim that Antifa was responsible for the violence. Despite clearly having some kind of relationship—even if just via one degree of separation—with the people who led it. He's trying to cover for them...and for himself.

https://twitter.com/EgSophie/status/1347667144272728071

Here's Ali, @DrPaulGosar's #StopTheSteal co-organizer, just 2 hours ago, clearly trying to justify the violence we saw at the event he organized on 1/6.

What I’ve been saying...see this thread for more on @DrPaulGosar’s (and @RepMoBrooks & @andybiggs4az’s) ties to the attack on the Capitol. They need to be investigated and expelled from Congress.

https://twitter.com/jason_paladino/status/1347602470365765639