He said Biggs was invited to speak at a rally hosted by Moms of America and that his speech was entirely Christmas focused. "He flew over to Washington, D.C., to support this rally, so kudos to his efforts," Lin said.īiggs' spokesman Daniel Stefanski said Tuesday he couldn't explain why Biggs and Alexander were interviewed at the same time by Lin. Lin cut from the taped interview to his studio, where he thanks Biggs. However, the video shows the interviews occurred at the same location and at the same time of day. 13 rally in Washington, D.C.Īlexander and Biggs were interviewed separately. 14 show, "BraveHearts," Lin said he interviewed Alexander and Biggs after a Dec. 6 congressional certification of presidential election results. In another video, Biggs is interviewed back to back with Alexander by far-right talk show host Sean Lin about the country's "path forward" in the runup to the Jan. "We have a moral obligation since we are the party of restraint and of prudence and peace to hold power." "I think the Democrats cheated," Alexander said in the video. "We're working with members of Congress while other people are trying to showboat."Īlexander claims Democrats are going to use antifa and Black Lives Matter against Republicans, whom he said had a "moral imperative" to maintain control of the White House. "We are working closely with Congressman Mo Brooks, closely with Congressman Andy Biggs and Congressman, obviously, Paul Gosar, my great friend," Alexander says. The video has been shared widely on Twitter. 6 rally and talked about his alliance with lawmakers.
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21 video, Alexander gave an update on the planned Jan. He could not be reached for comment on Tuesday. The Daily Beast reported Monday that he was in hiding after Twitter and Facebook deactivated his personal and "Stop the Steal" accounts. New videos raise questionsĪs Biggs raised the specter of antifa and Black Lives Matter provocateurs without any evidence, The Republic found videos that raise additional questions about his ties to Alexander and involvement in "Stop the Steal."Īlexander, 35, is a convicted felon turned conservative operative. The rally turned into a bloody melee that left five people dead, including a Trump supporter who was shot as she climbed through a barricaded doorway and a Capitol Police officer who was bashed in the head with a fire extinguisher.įederal lawmakers of both parties are now calling for some sort of sanction - from censure to an ethics probe - for any members involved in inciting what they view as an insurrection. Mo Brooks helped him plan and "schemed up" the U.S. In a video that went viral last week, Alexander said Biggs, Arizona Rep. 19 "Stop the Steal" rally in Phoenix, where supporters pushed the debunked conspiracy that Donald Trump won the 2020 election over Joe Biden.Īli Alexander, who led rallies nationwide to try to overturn the results of the presidential election, called Biggs a hero of the movement during the rally at the Arizona Capitol and led a chant in his name. a couple of rallies there that day, but I did not participate and didn't organize and did not attend."īiggs' claims followed a report by The Arizona Republic that found he was involved in a Dec. "It just didn't happen," he said while making the rounds on Arizona's conservative talk radio programs. "I knew there was going to be. Department of Justice say there is no evidence to suggest the loosely tied groups of "anti-fascist" activists known as antifa were involved in the Capitol invasion.īiggs denied any role in cheerleading for the "Stop the Steal" movement and said allegations he helped organize the Capitol protest were "whoppers." "You probably had some insurgents, you know, some antifa or BLM type folks. And then there were other people that were definitely not Trump people," Biggs said on Tucson's 1030 KVOI AM. "There's no doubt in my mind that there were just pissed off Trump people there that had come in. Yes, angry Trump supporters were part of the mob that broke down barriers and smashed their way into the inner sanctums of the House and Senate, Biggs said in a radio interview on Monday. Capitol.īut Biggs is pointing at antifa and Black Lives Matter, saying the far-left militant group and the social justice group are at least partially to blame.
New videos tie Rep Andy Biggs to the nationwide "Stop the Steal" movement that led to the Jan.
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