Fact check: Nashville protest wrongly compared to Jan. 6 attack
No one forced entry, damaged property, injured police or sought to overthrow government in Nashville. Experts say comparisons to Jan. 6 are nonsense.
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No one forced entry, damaged property, injured police or sought to overthrow government in Nashville. Experts say comparisons to Jan. 6 are nonsense.
Tennessee Republican House Speaker Cameron Sexton's comparison Friday of last week's state Capitol protests over state gun laws in the wake of a deadly Nashville elementary school shooting as "at least equivalent, maybe worse" than the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol has Democratic lawmakers furious.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol said the protest was peaceful and resulted in no arrests or property damage, despite GOP claims.
Sexton went on a new talk program on FM 98.7, saying Thursday’s protests were “maybe worse” than Jan. 6.