MSNBC talking head Nicolle Wallace performed, with the aid of a former Jan. 6 committee member, yet another mental gymnastics routine on Monday, framing as ludicrous the suggestion that the targeted violence against federal agents in Los Angeles over the weekend amounted to an insurrection while insisting that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in Washington, D.C., still qualified.
By way of their acrobatics, Wallace and former Virginia Rep. Denver Riggleman accomplished little more than reveal “insurrection” to be a term used by liberals to differentiate riots on the left from riots on the right.
“Insurrection” is not explicitly defined by federal law. It is, however, prohibited and generally understood to be an organized and violent act of revolt against an established government or civil authority. Although
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