Maga Republicans try to rewrite what happened on Jan 6 ahead of Trump Supreme Court hearing

More than 60 House Republicans have joined a resolution, led by Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, that declares former president Donald Trump did not engage in an insurrection on January 6 – just days before the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case. 

In a heated press conference on Tuesday, Mr Gaetz was joined by several notable Trump-allied Representatives to claim the January 6th attack on the Capitol was not an insurrection, Mr Trump did not engaged in the surrection and that the Colorado Supreme Court erred in their decision to remove the former president from the ballot for engaging in such.

“We are here today to authoritatively express that President Trump did not commit an insurrection and we believe Congress has a unique role in making that declaration,” Mr Gaetz said.

“It’s not the jobs of the state, especially not the job of some bureaucrats in Colorado to make that assessment,” he added.

The resolution, which uses language nearly identical to Section Three of the 14th Amendment, states “President Donald J Trump did not engage in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or give aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.”

It comes just two days before the Supreme Court is expected to hear arguments in the case from Colorado where Mr Trump was disqualified from the ballot for engaging in insurrection.

Mr Gaetz and the group of House Republicans emphasised their point by sharing what they believe to be the actions on January 6 and blamed the media for pushing what they called lies about what actually transpired.

“You’re doing nothing but lying and selling the lies of the Democrats all for campaigns and elections,” Georgie Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene loudly asserted to members of the