Death of a talking point

With multiple Proud Boys having been convicted of sedition, remember when the MAGA talking point was that the violent, Trump-led conspiracy to stop the peaceful transfer of power was no big deal because nobody had been formally charged with the crime of sedition?

CNN put together a “no one has been charged with sedition” clip collection pic.twitter.com/alAVbbR2Eg— Acyn (@Acyn) May 5, 2023

Gotta love how Glem repeats Tucker’s inane phrasing verbatim — he pays attention during the group DMs!

Anyway, here’s the Three Stages of Insurrection Apologism:

1. Say that nobody will be charged with sedition
2. Say that there’s no way the charges, clearly political ones brought by noted partisan firebrand Merrick Garland, will stick
3. Tweet about Chris Hayes’s ratings in Portuguese