The ‘big lie’ candidates
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🗓️ 14 June 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Today on Post Reports, the GOP candidates spreading the so-called “big lie,” and how the Jan. 6 committee hopes to educate Americans about what really happened. Plus, the United States has sent weapons to Ukraine — but now the troops need tech support.
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J.R. Majewski marched to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and tweeted a photo with the caption: “It’s going down on 1/6.” Last month, he won the Republican nomination in an Ohio congressional district along Lake Erie.
A Washington Post analysis found that across the country, more than 100 GOP primary winners back Trump’s false election claims. As many Americans are tuning in to watch the Jan. 6 committee hearings on Capitol Hill this week, where even the people closest to Trump are testifying that they tried to warn him his election fraud claims were false, The Post’s Amy Gardner reports that it’s almost become a prerequisite in GOP primaries to embrace Trump’s election denialism.
Also on the show: The U.S. has sent powerful antitank weapons, called Javelins, to Ukrainian troops on the front lines. But, as Alex Horton reports, the customer service on these weapons leaves something to be desired.
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| 0:00.0 | In Ohio, there is an Air Force veteran who really loves former President Donald Trump. |
| 0:08.9 | In 2020, he actually used 120 gallons of paint to make it clear just how much he loves |
| 0:14.6 | Trump. |
| 0:15.6 | He's perhaps best known for having painted a 19,000 square foot sign on his front lawn |
| 0:23.4 | for President Trump in support of Trump. |
| 0:25.9 | In January 6, 2021, he marched on the U.S. Capitol in protest of the certification of |
| 0:31.1 | the election. |
| 0:32.4 | He tweeted a photo with the caption, it's going down on one six. |
| 0:37.4 | This is National Political Reporter Amy Gardner. |
| 0:40.1 | He believes that the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. |
| 0:46.0 | And now he is the Republican nominee for Congress from Ohio's ninth district. |
| 0:53.6 | JR Mijuski is one of more than 100 Republicans who won their primaries by backing Trump's |
| 0:59.8 | false claims that the 2020 election was rigged. |
| 1:02.6 | The quote, big lie. |
| 1:04.4 | And JR won. |
| 1:05.4 | He won the race. |
| 1:06.4 | He beat these guys. |
| 1:07.4 | Come here. |
| 1:08.4 | Right from the beginning. |
| 1:09.4 | Say something. |
| 1:10.4 | You know, this country is missing blue collar patriots that support this guy right here. |
| 1:21.6 | The best president this country has ever seen. |
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