Marjorie Taylor Greene Sounds the Alarm: January 6 Defendants Are Being Subjected to Critical Race Theory in Jail

 

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) spoke at a press conference Tuesday at the U.S. House of Representatives where she decried the treatment of January 6th rioters, claiming they are mocked, ridiculed, and abused because of both their political beliefs and the color of their skin.

Joined by Reps. Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), and Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Greene released a report titled “Cruel and Unusual” detailing the treatment of pro-Trump insurrectionists in U.S. jails.

Greene, who has long downplayed the severity of the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, claimed that rioters are being held in isolation or solitary confinement, a claim which has been debunked, without adequate access to bathrooms and that they are being indoctrinated while in jail.

“I do not think it’s good for anyone in prison to have to read Nation of Islam newspapers and that be one of the only publications they have,” she said, adding inmates are given “curriculum that informs them, because of the color of their skin they are being treated this way.”

“I think there’s a big political bias playing in the courts here and in Washington, D.C. – especially with the public defenders,” she added. “The January 6 defendants that I spoke to and asked questions to in the jail said that they if they have a public defender, they said their public defenders hate them.”

Greene, who also said that the Jan. 6 riot “shocked her,” went on to claim that “public defenders call them [defendants] white supremacists and tell them they have to denounce President [Donald] Trump, tell them they have to denounce their political views, want them to watch videos and read books that basically is critical race theory training.”

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