DeSantis says Capitol riot was not an insurrection but a ‘protest’
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has downplayed the deadly January 6 2021 attack at the US Capitol, saying it was not an insurrection but rather a “protest” that “ended up devolving, you know, in a way that was unfortunate, of course”.
Mr DeSantis, speaking in an interview on the podcast of comedian Russell Brand, said the idea that January 6 “was a plan to somehow overthrow the government of the United States is not true, and it’s something that the media had spun up”.
