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Surprise! Matt Gaetz busted for lying about "antifa"

The guys who were supposedly "antifa" were Neo Nazis and QAnon freaks. The facial recognition company he slandered is demanding an apology:

Trump allies eager to deflect blame for Wednesday’s attack on the presidential vote count have claimed that the rioters were “antifa” infiltrators, citing a Washington Times report on evidence compiled by a little-known facial recognition company associated with a far-right blog.

But the company at the center of the story says the Times article is a hoax, and wants a retraction and apology.

As Capitol Police struggled to clear the congressional complex on Wednesday evening, Times reporter Rowan Scarborough published a story claiming that obscure facial recognition company XRVision had proof that some of the rioters were in fact left-wing antifa agitators, including one “Stalinist sympathizer.”

“Facial recognition firm claims Antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol,” the headline on the story read.

Scarborough’s article was based entirely on an interview with an anonymous “retired military officer” who claimed to have seen XRVision data that proved two of the rioters were members of “Philadelphia Antifa.” The story didn’t include any pictures of the supposed antifa infiltrators or other evidence.

Despite the fact that Trump had promoted the rally for weeks while his supporters openly planned the riot on pro-Trump website, the exculpatory idea that the riot was a secret antifa plot rocketed around right-wing media. Fox News host Laura Ingraham declared it a “developing” story, in a tweet that was recirculated more than 35,000 times.

Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) tweeted the story as proof of mounting evidence of an antifa scheme. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) even cited the Washington Times story on the House floor during the electoral vote count.

"I don't know if the reports are true, but The Washington Times has just reported some pretty compelling evidence from a facial recognition company that some of the people who breached the Capitol today were not Trump supporters,” Gaetz said. “They were masquerading as Trump supporters and, in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group antifa.”

But XRVision, the company at the center of the story, says the Times story is totally made up. In a statement provided by the company’s attorney, XRVision said its facial recognition software had in fact identified two neo-Nazis and a QAnon supporter.

“We concluded that two of [the] individuals (Jason Tankersley and Matthew Heimbach), were affiliated with the Maryland Skinheads and the National Socialist Movements,” the statement reads. “These two are known Nazi organizations, they are not Antifa. The third individual identified (Jake Angeli) was an actor with some QAnon promotion history. Again, no Antifa identification was made for him either.”

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by Anonymousreply 8January 11, 2021 7:54 PM

The house is on fire! Run, Nestorcito, run.

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by Anonymousreply 1January 7, 2021 4:14 PM

Idiot, naming an actual company that he knows damn well wasn't involved. He'll be lucky if all that happens is he gets sued.

by Anonymousreply 2January 7, 2021 4:15 PM

Is Matt's fiancee safe?

by Anonymousreply 3January 7, 2021 4:17 PM

Has anyone checked on Nestor? I will ;-)

by Anonymousreply 4January 7, 2021 4:18 PM

r3, who? You mean that drag queen I pretended to get engaged to?

by Anonymousreply 5January 7, 2021 4:33 PM

A pithy observation about La Gaetz:

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by Anonymousreply 6January 8, 2021 3:11 PM

Poor Rick.

by Anonymousreply 7January 11, 2021 7:53 PM

He, too, was using his phone in the chamber when the insurrection was going on. People are speculating and want the FBI to pull his records to find out why and to whom.

by Anonymousreply 8January 11, 2021 7:54 PM
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