Republican congressman reveals the one thing he regrets about infamous Jan 6 text

Republican congressman Ralph Norman has said that the only thing he regrets about sending a text message demanding martial law be imposed in response to Donald Trump’s bogus 2020 election fraud claims is his poor spelling.

On 17 January 2021, three days before President Joe Biden’s inauguration, the South Carolina representative texted Mr Trump’s then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows a now-infamous message.

“Mark, in seeing what’s happening so quickly, and reading about the Dominion law suits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation we are at a point of no return in saving our Republic!!! Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall Law [sic]!!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!” he wrote.

Now backing Nikki Haley for the Republican nomination, Mr Norman was asked about the message by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during an interview on Wednesday evening – and, specifically, whether he still stands by his request to use the US military to prevent the peaceful transfer of power.

“The only thing I regret: I misspelt ‘martial law’!” the congressman responded.

“Look, everything happened so quick in that election. The time that was given to see if the ballots were real… You’ve seen 2,000 Mules, most people have. There’s a lot of questions…”

Ms Collins interjected to point out that the widely debunked, conspiracy-peddling 2022 pseudo-documentary to which he alluded was made by conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza – a Mr Trump supporter whom the 45th president pardoned while in office after he was convicted and sentenced for making an illegal campaign donation.

“That movie is not based in reality,” the anchor said.

“There is no election fraud and courts have proven that. Republican judges that were appointed by Republican