This is an interesting result from Rasmussen. A majority believe the ‘Authorities’ incited the January 6th riot, which means that they would be guilty of fomenting an insurrection, a complete 18o degree flip from the media/machine messaging.
If it was an insurrection, then it was started by forces inside the government, not by citizens being detained or incarcerated.
Sixty-one percent (61%) of voters believe it is likely that undercover government agents helped provoke the Capitol riot, including 39% who think it’s Very Likely. Thirty percent (30%) don’t think it’s likely undercover agents helped provoke the riot, including 18% who say it is Not At All Likely.
And nearly everyone wants to see most or all of the J6 video unedited, including 78% of the Democrats surveyed.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 80% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is important that the public be able to view all the videos of the Capitol riot, including 58% who think it’s Very Important. … Eighty-six percent (86%) of Republicans, 78% of Democrats, and 75% of voters not affiliated with either major party believe it is important that the public be able to view all the videos of the Capitol riot.
This last set of results puts the entire political establishment in a bind. Everyone wants to see the evidence, and yes, many will be looking for and insisting that what we see proves the side we’ve chosen. But what if it doesn’t? What if that majority who insist people were incited by the government has a strong case after it’s all out there?
Will it be good for anything back pats and attaboys? Is anyone going to free citizens detained or pursue the organizers in the government? And what happens if not?
I’ve seen enough clips to think that 61% will be proven right but I can’t help but wonder if this evidence, when viewed, might not start an actual insurrection and if that is the reason for letting it all hang out there.
Is the nation so thoroughly partisan and on edge that this becomes a match to a fuse? Are the conspirators who plotted the government’s decision to try and incite a riot going to use it to start more of them?
It needs to be out there, but I have doubts about the end result. Kevin McCarthy released access to Fox News and the Tucker Carlson show first. At some point, all the media will get that same access.
Why Fox first? Why now?
I know being a cynic has its downsides, but I strongly believe it all needs to be out in the public domain. But if the government™ incited the riot, and it rises as we’ve been told to insurrection, there is very little evidence that the government™ is going to do anything meaningful about its own treasonous acts.
