A focus group empaneled by MSNBC repeatedly corrected false statements by correspondent Elise Jordan as she tried to push left-wing narratives about the January 6 riot at the Capitol, a segment that left colleague Joe Scarborough stunned.
The group, made up of 10 individuals from the Pittsburgh area and clearly leaning on the side of supporting former President Trump, was at first presented with the notion that anybody appearing at the protest at the time was somehow equivalent to any that acted in a criminal manner.
Jordan noted that Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano was at the “insurrection” and wondered if that should disqualify him from running for office.
“Which area?” one focus group member asked the MSNBC journalist. “Because I saw a video where Capitol officers were taking away barriers and unlocking doors.”
The group agreed that Mastriano’s mere presence at a mostly peaceful protest was not disqualifying.
MSNBC tries to push the January 6th scam on a focus group and they are not having their nonsense pic.twitter.com/DAIjuYRPen
— • ᗰISᕼKᗩ™ • (@kingojungle) October 24, 2022
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MSNBC Left Stunned by Focus Group
Later on in the segment, the focus group felt compelled to explain to MSNBC’s Elise Jordan that the only person who was killed during the January 6 riot at the Capitol was unarmed Air Force veteran and avid supporter of former President Trump, Ashli Babbitt.
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She was shot by a Capitol Police officer.
Jordan pushed back, “A police officer did die.”
But, the group noted, he died of natural causes stemming from a stroke he suffered the day after the riot. He was not killed by protesters, as the media has repeatedly insinuated.
from a news and reporting standpoint, the most fascinating moment is when the normie survey respondents correct the MSNBC journalist after she falsely claimed a police officer was killed in the Jan. 6 riot. https://t.co/aOcpifA7YD
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 24, 2022
Desperate to get the focus group to acknowledge the perceived seriousness of the events of January 6, Jordan pressed, “So what do you make, though, overall of January 6?”
“I mean, it was, watching that footage, it was pretty disturbing,” she added. “I mean, there were people throwing excrement at the walls, and it was, you know, it was the Capitol.”
One member of the focus group shrugged it off, pointing out that it was little different from the race riots or Antifa riots throughout the country over the last several years.
“It was a lot like Antifa’s actions,” one woman replied while another panelist added, “Except on a much smaller scale, it looked the same as the Black Lives Matter riots.”
Survey respondent #1: “An unarmed female veteran … that’s the only one who died.”
MSNBC: “A police officer *did* die.”
Respondent #2: “No. It was a stroke.”
I mean, yeah. That’s factually correct.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 24, 2022
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Joe Scarborough Left Stunned
The entire segment with the MSNBC focus group left perpetually befuddled anchor Joe Scarborough seemingly stunned.
“I really don’t know where to start here,” he said after viewing the clip. But he knew exactly where to start, attempting to correct the ‘misinformation’ coming from the group by spreading the same lies about police officers dying as a direct result of the Capitol riot.
“And that, again, they’re saying it just that that they were mainly peaceful protests and that nobody died except for a protester. There are four cops who died,” Scarborough asserted.
“And one of those cops died after an interaction here.”
You’re not alone, Joe@JoeNBC stunned by focus group excusing Trump’s role in Jan. 6: ‘I really don’t know where to start’ https://t.co/nVZrpvGBx3
— Raw Story (@RawStory) October 24, 2022
Of course, what he’s asserting is factually incorrect.
Yes, certain individuals definitely escalated things by breaching the Capitol, but they did not kill five police officers.
There were five officers in question who protected the Capitol during their service, but none were killed on January 6th.
The individual Scarborough and Jordan are referring to – Officer Brian Sicknick – died of a stroke the day after the riot and his death was ruled by “natural” causes and not “hastened by an injury.”
Officer Sicknick suffered two strokes after the riot and died of natural causes, according to D.C. chief medical examiner Francisco Diaz. There’s no evidence Sicknick suffered injuries from the riot, Diaz said.
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 24, 2022
The others are as follows:
- Officer Howard Liebengood died by suicide on January 9th.
- Officer Jeffrey Smith died on January 15th due to suicide.
- Officer Gunther Hashida was found dead on July 29th due to suicide.
- Officer Kyle DeFreytag was found dead by suicide earlier in July.
All of these deaths are tragic, but no one was killed by protesters.
This is hilarious. https://t.co/woXMLi06cy
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) October 24, 2022
It is important to remember that a total of four people died during the Capitol riot – Babbitt, along with two people who suffered a cardiac event and another who overdosed.
“I don’t really know, this is just one of these moments, and again, I have friends and family members that think like this,” Scarborough added. “I don’t know where they’re getting their information.”
Scarborough and Jordan are getting their information from MSNBC. It speaks volumes that a focus group of people they pulled in off the street had to correct the misinformation they’re peddling.
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i do not believe anyone overdosed and died on Jan 6. Boylan did not have excessive drugs in her system, just her prescription meds. And she was trampled by a mob who had just been assaulted by capital police with a gas that literally sucks the air out of your lungs. Then she was beat to death by a capital officer as she lay unconscious on the ground.
highly recommend Epoch News documentary on Jan 6.
Good for the panel of off the street interviewies. ALL of the main stream conspiracy news media try and control the narrative. We have to push back against the lies. Sad part is that most of the Dem voters either can’t or won’t see through the lies. Can some one explain that? Do they enjoy being manipulated??
Now, now let’s not get Joe Scarborough and his ten viewers upset now.
The fact that the so called press is continuing to push a constant stream of known lies instead of the truth is nothing short of criminal. They are instigating riots, racial issues, etc. deliberately by pushing their lies. It is long overdue for them to be called out, charged with criminal conspiracy, and to face fines and incarceration for their part in these attacks on American citizens exercising their lawful Rights.
Rosanne Boyland didn’t die of an overdose. She was beaten to death by Capitol Police officers.
Why would anyone believe anything put out by the mainstream media. It is permeated, top to bottom, with liars. I recall reading an article about a sporting event that I attended, and wondered if I had been at the same game.
She got owned. They wouldn’t buy her democrat talking points.
The woman who was knocked unconscious from multiple baton blows to the head by a crazed DC Metro Police officer was somehow ruled an “overdose” because she was a recovered addict. She did have a trace amount of amphetamine in her system consistent with the antidepressant she had a prescription for.
Unfortunately, the DC Mayor has refused to release the full autopsy report and medical findings to the parents or the public under FOIA.
Jordan and Scarborough need to start telling the truth. Or just SHUT UP
Thsnk you Rusty Weiss for a very concise report on the lies msnbc spews on a daily basis and thank you also for using the word insinuated as it should be used and not intimated instead. I get so sick of seeing intimated used instead of the word insinuated by young journalists so they can appear more educated and uppity. No one uses intimated when having a conversation.
Made her squirm! I love it! Oh you stupid middle class Americans.. don’t you know you’re supposed to cow down to the almighty demon rats!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Translation: MSNBC Correspondent Elise Jordan: “Wait, you’re not going along with the narrative. You’re not supposed to be thinking for yourselves!”