Donald Trump Jr triggered an avalanche of mockery after taking to Twitter to complain that MAGA rioter Brandon Straka, who was convicted over his role in the US Capitol riot, was the victim of “Gestapo tactics” by the FBI.
“Our govt, our justice system, and the upper echelons of federal law enforcement are corrupt and broken,” Don, Jr. tweeted on Thursday. “I hate ‘Gestapo Tactic’ analogies, they’re usually wrong & overused, but not sure there’s another word for it!”
In his tweet, Trump Jr. included a clip of Fox News influencer Tucker Carlson’s interview with Straka, who said an FBI SWAT team broke into his house “at the crack of dawn” and took him to jail.
Trump Jr. urged his followers to “watch this and see what they’ve become.”
In the interview, Carlson called Straka’s treatment “absolutely horrific.”
On the day of the insurrection, prosecutors say, Straka stood outside an entrance to the Capitol and urged a crowd of intruders inside, shouting “go, go, go,” and later encouraged rioters to grab a Capitol Police officer’s shield. Of course, that’s a detail that both Carlson and Trump Jr. left out.
But Twitter users were quick to set the record straight while mocking Trump Jr. as well.
“Y’all for gestapo tactics and corruption when police are using it on poor people, liberals, and minorities,” one commented. “Don’t like it when you precious snowflakes get it used on you?”
Others assisted Trump in his search for “another word” for Straka’s treatment.
“Another word for it: Gazpacho,” one tweeted, referring to a misnomer by Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who once confused the Nazi police force with a chilled tomato soup.
Other users found it strange that Trump, who frequently boasts about supporting the police, would defend someone who encouraged violence against Capitol Police officers.
“That’s really backing the Blue,” one critic wrote sarcastically.
Check other responses below:
Our govt, our justice system, and the upper echelons of federal law enforcement are corrupt and broken… watch this and see what they’ve become. I hate “Gestapo Tactic” analogies, they’re usually wrong & overused, but not sure there’s another word for it! pic.twitter.com/wszk1qKN36
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) May 5, 2022
So police identified themselves, had judge authorized warrant, explained why apprehending him, & took him to known jail.
Compare to Trump’s unidentified feds, handcuffing protesters w/out explanation & hauling them away in unmarked cars to undisclosed location.
Who had a gestapo?— STEVEN (@steven86026859) May 5, 2022
Hey Junior. Did you repeatedly say “I don’t recall” yesterday for your 1/6 committee testimony?
— Kelly D (@KellDA) May 5, 2022
https://t.co/JYxXgpiwLp high as a kite
— Merlin's Friend (@Conner1Brenda) May 5, 2022
Imagine using Tucker Carlson to make a point about the US judicial system. pic.twitter.com/r7qdn96d6q
— Frank Kane (@FrankKane_1) May 5, 2022
Here’s a simple solution. DON’T COMMIT FELONIES.
— Dave Peterson (@daveonuevo) May 5, 2022
— 🌊 Smokey McBud 🌊 (@McbudSmokey) May 5, 2022
He's describing your standard arrest process. There's nothing unique about his experience. At all. This is not "gestapo tactics." This is standard U.S. procedure. Now a white person with Fox affiliation gets arrested and all of a sudden it's a big thing?
— Jason Orlic (@TwelveStepNinja) May 5, 2022
Feeling the heat boy?
— Liv Kolb (@livi_lein) May 5, 2022
Straka "admitted to recording himself telling the mob to "go go go" as they reached the Capitol and telling rioters who were wrestling a shield away from a US Capitol Police officer to "take it, take it."
He pleaded guilty…"Just another CONMAN, his moment in the spotlight. pic.twitter.com/NNbEOHOtej
— Michalle jones (@jones_michalle) May 5, 2022
Yet he pleaded GUILTY? That’s weird! pic.twitter.com/GjUEK7J5w3
— Mike Nolan 🇺🇸☘️ (@mnolan49) May 5, 2022
Aren’t you being questioned in several criminal cases? 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
— Steven Jay (@SteveJ78) May 5, 2022
