January 6 rioters are ‘political dissidents’ declares spouse of Trump cabinet nominee
Raw StoryConservative Fox News personality Rachel Campos-Duffy on Friday referred to January 6 rioters as “political dissidents,” a term traditionally reserved for individuals persecuted for opposing authoritarian or oppressive governmental authority or policies. Last month, Campos-Duffy described Trump's nominee to head the FBI, Kash Patel, as a "great pick," and wrote: "I hope he starts with exposing the January 6 lies." On Friday, in a segment on "Fox & Friends," Campos-Duffy declared, "They've been directing agents to go after political dissidents from J6—from January 6—instead of going after terrorists." "They've said nothing with the border open and terrorists flowing over our borders," she claimed, before attacking criticism of former Fox News co-host Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense.