The gendarmes are still rounding up the Trumpaloompas who tried to steal our democracy on Jan. 6, and by now it’s clear that these Fisher Price militiamen have lost much of their revolutionary fervor after being placed under the klieg lights of the criminal justice system lo these many months.
So you get lots of weird excuses from lawyers attempting to explain why all these nice white folks went all Leeroy Jenkins on our republic earlier this year even after we’d pulled off the most secure election in our country’s history.
But this excuse takes the (beautiful piece of chocolate) cake:
Antonio talked to the feds with his lawyer pretty early, and told them he saw “death” in the eyes of D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone as the mob pulled the officer into the crowd. https://t.co/jbtSEYIYiF pic.twitter.com/SWtGKDVuLz— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 6, 2021
Antonio talked to the feds with his lawyer pretty early, and told them he saw “death” in the eyes of D.C. Police Officer Mike Fanone as the mob pulled the officer into the crowd. https://t.co/jbtSEYIYiF pic.twitter.com/SWtGKDVuLz
For the nontweeters:
Attorney for Capitol defendant Anthony Antonio said his client had “Foxitus” and “Foxmania” from watching six months of Fox News and started “believing what was being fed to him” by Fox News and the president.
Hmm, when I watch Fox News, I just get liver damage, because I can’t get through 20 minutes of Tucker Carlson without downing at least a fifth of Scotch and stabbing myself in the abdomen with the broken bottle.
But, hey, our bodies are all different, aren’t they?
Good luck, Anthony! Not sure that “Foxitus” is a real condition, but if it is you’re certainly not alone. Maybe we can start a GoFundMe for you. Or at the very least make sure your ailment is counted as a preexisting condition under Obamacare.
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