Former Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), now a Fox Information contributor, made a wildly inaccurate declare in regards to the distinction between conservative and progressive protests on Thursday.
Fox Information’ Sean Hannity did a phase claiming “the left” defended violent riots in 2020, then introduced in each Chaffetz and former Florida Legal professional Basic Pam Bondi to remark.
“After I see conservatives, Republicans, present as much as protest, they convey an American flag,” Chaffetz stated. “When these folks present as much as protest, they convey a gasoline masks as a result of they’re going to truly knock some folks and knock some heads and throw some issues.”
“And the poor regulation enforcement officers that must put up with this rubbish? At the very least we help our regulation enforcement, they put their lives on the road, they shouldn’t must take care of this rubbish evening after evening after evening.”
“Jason, that was so effectively stated about regulation enforcement,” Bondi replied.
Chaffetz and Bondi ignored the brutal assault on regulation enforcement by right-wing protesters throughout the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol carried out by supporters of Donald Trump.
Chaffetz was appropriate in that some introduced flags ― nonetheless, some used their flagpoles to bludgeon law enforcement officials and break doorways and home windows.
Hannity famous that he has condemned each the 2020 protests and the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol.
Twitter customers had been fast to fact-check Chaffetz: