More than 100 posts on Newsbusters' "Capitol Hill Riot" tag, guessing none of them say "Oh by the way our boss' son was one of the rioters." newsbusters.org/issues-events-…
Why won't the media talk about how it's really the Democrats' fault that my boss' son was able to break into the Capitol so easily?
Brent Bozell III went on Fox Business to complain that the left is smearing all Republicans as if they were those who stormed the Capitol. It turns out his son was one of the stormers.
Here's a Newsbusters piece speculating that it's outlandish to claim that there might be a witness "who would testify at the Senate impeachment trial that President Trump told him to storm the Capitol." I guess the boss' son had a different motivation? newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-…
Ah.
"Why won't the leftist media focus on the nonviolent Capitol protesters instead of harping on the insurrectionists like **check notes** FUCK!"

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