1-11-2021
'Stop the Steal' leader names Republicans who allied themselves with his insurrection.
The very notion of the "Stop the Steal" campaign was to overturn the results of a United States election on known-false pretenses.
It was a call for a coup.
Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander, a key figure in the now-attempted coup, was kind enough to list out his congressional allies and accomplices in a video released before the violence. I suggest we listen to him.
"I was the person who came up with the Jan. 6 idea
with Congressman Gosar, Congressman Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)
and then Congressman Andy Biggs," Alexander said.
"We four schemed up of putting max pressure on Congress while they were voting so that who we couldn’t lobby, we could change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body hearing our loud roar from outside."
Before D.C., a Phoenix rally
While Biggs maintains he wasn't involved with Alexander or organizing for the Jan. 6 event, another video from a Dec. 19 "Stop the Steal" rally at the Arizona Capitol shows he played a role.
At that rally, Alexander said, "Congressman Andy Biggs sent us
a video" message for those in attendance. From his cellphone, Alexander played the 80-second message from Biggs.
“Andy Biggs here, I wish I could be with you.
I’m in the D.C. swamp fighting on behalf of Arizona’s residents and freedom fighters all
over the country," Biggs is heard saying.
He goes on to say, "I wish I could be with you today" and
"We are going to keep fighting,
and I implore you to keep fighting, too.
God bless you for being here today. And God bless this great country."
When it ended, Alexander leads the crowd in chanting
"Biggs, Biggs, Biggs."
After playing Biggs' statement, Alexander told the crowd
what to expect on Jan. 6.
"I want you guys to know, we are all marching to D.C. on January the 6th, and we are going to plop our asses on the U.S. Capitol with or without a permit," he said to cheers. "And those members of Congress will hear from us after they exit that chamber January 6th."
Biggs has throughout the post-election period repeated the unfounded allegations of election fraud in Pennsylvania and
called for an audit of Arizona's election systems.
Gosar, Alexander ties on social media
By contrast, Gosar has repeatedly used his Twitter account to point to Alexander or his efforts to thwart the election results.
Gosar's personal Twitter account points to Alexander's account at least 23 times since the Nov. 30 meeting in Phoenix that included Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani outlining what participants viewed as the case for fraud in Arizona's election results.
Gosar tweeted various versions of "StoptheSteal"
at least 25 times in the same span.
Gosar was the House member who formally challenged Arizona during the joint session of Congress.
Gosar, Biggs credited in video with organizing crowd in DC on day of riot
While Gosar had been prolific in touting election protests and the intended rally in Washington on Jan. 6, he has been relatively quiet on social media in the days since.
After no public tweets on Thursday, his first on Friday was a message with the image saying,
"No signal" and the color bars sometimes used on TV.
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