I listened to that interview right up to where the speaker said 'it was completely peaceful'. She says, as a witness, no violence, kumbaya. — Wayfarer
Do you think she was lying? — Leontiskos
Leaving aside the riot, are you a fellow traveler of the anti-vaccine crowd Gold hung out with back in the day? — Paine
Yes. — Wayfarer
A key conservative doctors’ group pushing misinformation about Covid-19 vaccines faces growing fire from medical experts about its woeful scientific grounding, while its leader, Dr Simone Gold, was charged early this week for taking part in the 6 January attack on the Capitol.
The development comes as the US faces warnings its pandemic death toll could hit 500,000 next month, in part because conspiracy theories and baseless skepticism – especially from rightwing groups – have hampered efforts to tackle it.
Gold, who founded America’s Frontline Doctors last spring with help from the Tea Party Patriots organization, was arrested on Monday in Beverly Hills, where she lives, and faces charges of entering a restricted building, violent entry and disorderly conduct. Prior to her arrest, a headshot of Gold holding a bullhorn that she used to give a talk inside the Capitol appeared on an FBI flyer headlined “Seeking Information” about suspects in the Capitol attack. The group’s communications director, John Strand, who writes for the conservative Epoch Times and was with Gold in the Capitol, was also arrested in Beverly Hills and faces similar charges.
A 55-year-old emergency room physician, Gold did not respond to calls and text messages asking about her role in the attack and why she baselessly calls a Covid-19 vaccine an “experimental biological agent”.
"Simone Gold is a toxic purveyor of misinformation, now actively contributing to rightwing extremist rhetoric" said Dr Irwin Redlener of Columbia University.
Gold first acknowledged her presence at the Capitol and voiced “regret” to the Washington Post, after a video surfaced of her walking inside the Capitol along with Strand. Gold told the Post she thought entering the Capitol was legal, and she didn’t witness violence, even though dozens of Capitol police were hurt and five people died.
Last May, Gold’s group gained fast attention as several allied rightwing organizations, including Tea Party Patriots and the FreedomWorks Foundation, began a well-funded publicity drive attacking state lockdowns and downplaying the risks of the pandemic. — Wilful ignorance': doctor who joined Capitol attack condemned for Covid falsehoods
she's just a big old liar — Leontiskos
Doing a bit more digging on this Simone Gold: she was arrested for participating. — Wayfarer
So you didn't finish watching the video. — Leontiskos
But surely you can't be saying that the January 6th riot and insurrection was a fabrication? That this subject's testimony is the real fact of the matter, and all of that reporting and those eyewitness accounts are fabricated? Is that what you're saying? — Wayfarer
And, answer the question! — Wayfarer
I think this is a good opportunity for you to do some critical thinking rather than just jumping to the conclusion that folks are outright lying. — Leontiskos
Your inability to fairly interpret Gold's statements is quite remarkable. — Leontiskos
"Simone Gold is a toxic purveyor of misinformation, now actively contributing to rightwing extremist rhetoric" said Dr Irwin Redlener of Columbia University. — Wilful ignorance': doctor who joined Capitol attack condemned for Covid falsehoods
I googled her and found the Guardian article — Wayfarer
I guess you prefer that ideology to such an extent that you can't even listen to eyewitness testimony. — Leontiskos
I don't find anywhere in that video where Gold claims that no violence or rioting occurred on January 6. — Leontiskos
I watched it to the end. — Paine
The claims amount to something like "I was shoplifting for a couple of hours in the store but saw nobody getting hurt." — Paine
Then what is the value of her testimony measured against all the violence that was filmed and reported upon by others? — Paine
On the east side, there was no rioting, but plenty of people gathered on the two sets of steps, some conversing with police. Police eventually let them in. Some of those people, a combination of tourists and peaceful protestors, were later arrested, charged, and jailed for trespassing. All to send a message: How dare they threaten Democracy? — Joshua Hochschild, Begging your Pardon
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