AP reports that Republicans wrongly refer to Dem-led protests disrupting gov't as 'insurrections'

Doug P. | 11:45 AM on April 28, 2023

The Associated Press does so much heavy lifting on behalf of the Democrats that they’re risking a “journalism” hernia. The AP’s latest water-carrying effort has been spotted and the Democrats will award them some social credit points for this one:

Good news. You can now trespass and storm Capitol buildings and it’s not an insurrection. Do with this information what you will. pic.twitter.com/ncy7ZxIJdU

— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) April 28, 2023

The Associated Press is little more than a branch office of the DNC.

Republican lawmakers in Montana described a nonviolent protest against the silencing of a transgender lawmaker as an insurrection. It’s a pattern playing out across the U.S. https://t.co/2j7PnPXHl6

— The Associated Press (@AP) April 28, 2023

Can we get a Community Note up in here?

Funny coming from a “journalistic” org that redefines words every day and calls men, “women”. You’re the same leftist news propagandists who refused to call BLM/ANTIFA riots what they were: insurrections. By the way, GOP lawmakers are simply using the dictionary. You should too. pic.twitter.com/d082DRFRMP

— Radiance Foundation (@lifehaspurpose) April 28, 2023

The AP tried to explain why it’s “D”ifferent when the Democrats do it:

It’s the third time in the last five weeks — and one of at least four times this year — that Republicans have attempted to compare disruptive but nonviolent protests at state capitols to insurrections.

The tactic follows a pattern set over the past two years when the term has been misused to describe public demonstrations and even the 2020 election that put Democrat Joe Biden in the White House. It’s a move experts say dismisses legitimate speech and downplays the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Shortly after, the U.S. House voted to impeach him for “incitement of insurrection.”
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Republicans’ use of the term insurrection in these cases isn’t just wrong, it’s also strategic, said Yotam Ophir, a University at Buffalo communications professor who focuses on misinformation. Repeating a loaded term over and over makes it lose its meaning and power, he said.

Unlike the democrats and their media use of the term, this disruptive protest was, “mostly peaceful”, with 7 Arrests, and stuff thrown from the gallery. Granted, police at the Montana capitol didn’t kill a US veteran from ambush, but it was required of the Speaker to suspend… https://t.co/thVKoXufuD

— XMayor (@MayorKrauss) April 28, 2023

Amazing https://t.co/vynbbmhwmv

— Oilfield Rando (@Oilfield_Rando) April 28, 2023

No, Democrats redefined it. The GOP is just running with it.

— Amejecca 🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@FRD68) April 28, 2023

The Democrats don’t like it when Republicans play their own game, but at least the Dems have the AP to help with the spin.

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