Someone in the replies has made a really good point: Wouldn’t you think, now that it’s been debunked that he was an FBI informant, that Ray Epps would be sought out by CNN and MSNBC for interviews? Have the guy on, let him repeat what he told the January 6 select committee. Even committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger seems to have developed a soft spot for “Ray,” saying he was “just a misled man” who didn’t do anything worth arresting him for.
There are plenty of news stories and cable news segments on Epps Wednesday, a day after Sen. Ted Cruz brought him up in a hearing, but there’s no original reporting. They’re just reporting that the committee released a statement — acting as stenographers. We read the statement, and it still smells fishy; aren’t there any investigative reporters at the New York Times?
NYT national political correspondent Trip Gabriel is so sure of the committee’s statement he’s linked to Snopes.
Ray Epps, who is at the center of a right-wing conspiracy theory that FBI agents encouraged the 1/6 riot, told the House select committee he has never worked for or aided the FBI. https://t.co/02SAzxqWwW
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) January 12, 2022
Gaetz, MTG, Massie and Ted Cruz have all pushed the claim without evidence that Epps was working for federal law enforcement.
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) January 12, 2022
— Trip Gabriel (@tripgabriel) January 12, 2022
Well, Snopes!
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— Vanessa (@VanessaSlashV) January 12, 2022
Snopes is as real as MSM
— Boca Bitcoin Bros (@FreddyCrypto) January 12, 2022
SNOPES? WTF? next you'll be citing Southern Poverty Law Center as a credible source. You can't be a serious journalist.
— Quill Driver (@JelllyJr) January 12, 2022
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— Corrine (@thecoraesthetic) January 12, 2022
Snopes? Really.
Delete your account.— My Rights, My Sh*t (@trooper61173441) January 12, 2022
Snopes? pic.twitter.com/2pRKL71VxE
— Mexican_Ghost (@MexicanoGhost) January 12, 2022
Oh thank God Snopes has cleared all this up!!!!
— Trevor D (@Trevor26072557) January 12, 2022
Do your fucking job and ask the FBI why he hadn’t been charged. Are you really not curious?
— Noclowns (@ur89web) January 12, 2022
Exactly.
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— KittyKittyFangFang 🐈💨 (@KittyKittyfangs) January 12, 2022
That settles it then….
— Cooper (@c00p187) January 12, 2022
Well that settles the whole debate. pic.twitter.com/5NBveG6vXA
— JoeCon97 (@joekosmo) January 12, 2022
You really think Americans don’t have the internet, or cell phones, and can SEE how Epps acted with our own eyes. That’s kinda insulting
— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) January 12, 2022
Interesting. There's video footage of him encouraging people to storm the capitol and yet he's not in custody and isn't being charged along with some who simply walked in. So sure, nothing to see here.
Jedi mind tricks work on the weak-minded, not when done by the weak-minded.
— Physics Geek (@physicsgeek) January 12, 2022
As a bonus, here’s Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC saying that the January 6 committee “debunked” the theory that Epps is a fed.
MSNBC: Democrats say it’s untrue so that’s good enough for us pic.twitter.com/B1BUE7VI2a
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 12, 2022
Wallace: "It is a conspiracy theory, not grounded in truth. And the January 6th Committee debunked it. In a few sentences, in a short statement yesterday" pic.twitter.com/nbThyunnUY
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 12, 2022
Wallace suggests the FBI should “knock these stories down” about their involvement in the 1/6 riot pic.twitter.com/XpQfQgJi4O
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) January 12, 2022
Even the New York Times reported that the FBI had an informant at the Capitol. Guess the Times should have Snopes fact-check their story.
They interviewed this one guy and took his word for it, then the FBI refused to answer whether they had a presence there and/or what it consisted of. Yeah, that seems pretty thorough.
— Keith Maniac, from Guatemala (@from_maniac) January 12, 2022
— The Great and Unmatched Tim Carney (@TimCarneySTL) January 12, 2022
Take the MSNBC chyron and presume the exact opposite – it's the near foolproof way to get the truth
— Infinite Dreams (@7thSon1988) January 12, 2022
Good question:
How many people dressed like this have you seen the media speak up for?
One. There’s been one. Wonder why that is… https://t.co/fgv4rYckV5 pic.twitter.com/zDwjWmNcGA
— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) January 12, 2022
Suddenly no one in the media or in politics who’s been crowing about January 6 for over a year sees nothing wrong with a guy urging people for two days to storm the Capitol. Let him go, he’s nobody. No ambush interviews at his house, no look into his background, nothing. “Just another misled man.”
Related:
Snopes has two fact-checks up investigating Joe Biden's alleged flatulence in front of Duchess Camilla at #COP26 https://t.co/0r1zh2DrY5
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) November 9, 2021
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