Insurrectionist’s Attorney: “My Client Is a ‘Dumbass’ Who Watches Too Much Fox News”

Oh, come on.  Does this look like the face of a “dumbass” with his white power symbol?  (Just kidding)

From this: The lawyer for accused Capitol stormer Anthony Antonio, 27,  is planning to argue that his client wasn’t interested in politics until he started watching Fox News, which played a part in influencing him to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6, Newsweek reports.

We’ve discussed the argument that any crimes associated with the January 6th insurrection may be mitigated by the fact the riot was ordered by the then-President of the United States. If the defendant was convinced by the most powerful person on Earth that the election was stolen, our democracy seized, and this was the time and place to reverse this before it became permanent, I have to admit that I understand that, and, if were handing down sentencing, I would show some leniency.

IMO, however, this argument centering around Fox News isn’t as strong.  As individuals, we choose our news sources, and if we’re too stupid to know pure BS when we see it, that’s our problem, and we deserve what we get.