Capitol Riot Retcon: Republican Candidates Promote January 6th Conspiracy Theories

Republican candidates for congress and state legislatures are campaigning by embracing January 6th conspiracy theories and promoting myth that Capitol Riot defendants are 'political prisoners.'

Pro-Trump supporters storm the Capitol building on January 6, 2021. (Image: Samuel Corum / Getty Images)

Republicans are attempting to rewrite the history of the January 6th Insurrection, and many Republican candidates for Congress and state legislatures are campaigning by embracing January 6th conspiracy theories and promoting myth that Capitol Riot def…