On Tuesday, Rep. Eric Swalwell, infamous for making outrageous statements (remember when he responded to a gun owner who said there would be a war if the government attempted to confiscate guns by tweeting, “And it would be a short war my friend. The government has nukes”) attacked former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell by likening him to the infamous Reich Minister of Propaganda of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, Joseph Goebbels.
The vicious name-calling from Grenell was prompted by Grenell chiding various journalists for their reporting on the protests at Lafayette Park, which many journalists reported were peaceful. United States Park Police acting Chief Gregory T. Monahan delivered the facts in a statement, noting that some actions at the protest were not peaceful and the much-claimed charge that the Park Police had used tear gas was incorrect. He wrote:
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