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A timeline of what happened when pro-Trump rioters stormed the US Capitol
The timeline breaks the riot that took place at the American Capitol when a Pro-Trump mob stormed the building and let members of Congress walk.
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The claim: A viral video shows a man screaming because he was placed on the no-fly list due to riots at the Capitol
On January 6, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol as Congress convened to confirm the results of the presidential election. The attack forced lawmakers to flee their rooms, leaving five dead.
Shortly afterwards, a clip of a man shouting at an airport terminal begins online, including on Twitter, where it received more than 20 million views.
Most users who posted the video claim that the man was placed on the no-fly list after participating in the attack on the Capitol.
“I love each and every one of you, but this is what they do to us,” he shouted in the track. “They kicked me out of the plane.”
Robert Gregory shared the video on Facebook, where it was viewed more than 1.5 million times. “This man just found out he’s on the no-fly list after being recognized inside the Capitol building,” he wrote.
User @RayRedacted wrote later Twitter that he was “initially given incorrect information.” Robert Gregory did not respond to a request for comment from USA TODAY.
The man in the video was asked to leave the flight of American Airlines because he violated the mask requirement
In fact, the man in the video was asked to leave a plane because he violated the mask requirement of the airline, not because he was on a flight list.
The clip was first posted on TikTok by Tania DC – who used the @heartlessputa handle as it changed to @heartlessbeach on January 10th. mask. “
She later explained that she did not know for sure what the reason was for the removal of the flight, declaring that she was ‘completely too far from the word fight’ to see. She also noted that the incident in Charlotte, North Carolina, did not take place in Washington, DC
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Derek Walls, a spokesman for American Airlines, confirmed to the US TODAY, January 12, that the passenger was asked to leave because he had violated the mask requirement.
“On Friday, January 8, a customer was asked to depart flight 1754 at Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) because he refused to comply with our mandatory face coverage policy. The customer complied with the requests to depart, and the flight departs at 7:42 a.m. EST for Denver International Airport (DEN), ‘he wrote.
It’s unclear how the false rumor about the link’s link to the no-fly list and the riots at the Capitol began. Some users claim that the man shouted in the clip: ‘They call me a terrorist’ – a term used to describe the rioters at the Capitol.
But in reality, he shouted, “They call me ‘Karen’ ‘- a term used to describe individuals who refuse to wear masks.
Daniel Dale, a CNN reporter, slowed down and confirmed the sound Twitter that the word was ‘Karen’.
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Legislature appeals against the use of the no-fly list
In the wake of the Capitol attack, a number of passengers were removed from flights with Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines from Washington, DC, but the relocations were also due to ‘non-masked, rowdy, argumentative’ and ‘unstoppable’ behavior. , according to the USA TODAY.
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., Chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, urged the Transport Security Administration and FBI to put rioters on the no-fly list.
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‘We’ve seen reports of’ rioting crowds’ in the air on their way to Washington, DC. It does not take much imagination to see how they can act on their way out of DC if they are allowed to fly unbound, ‘he wrote.
At the time of its January 7 press release, the agencies had not taken the step.
“This is an action that TSA and the FBI can take by law, but my knowledge does not yet extend,” Johnson wrote.
Our rating: false
Based on our research, the claim that a man in a viral video shows how he screams because he is placed on the no-fly list due to the riot at the Capitol, is FALSE. The man in the video was asked to leave an American Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina, because he violated the mask requirement.
Our sources for fact checking:
- Tania DC, January 10, TikTok
- Tania DC, January 11 TikTok
- Tania DC, January 11, TikTok
- Derek Walls, January 12, US Statement TODAY
- Daniel Dale, Jane. 12, Twitter
- USA TODAY, January 11, “FAA threatens rioters with heavy fines, jail time; calls escalate to add Capitol rioters to flight list”
- Home Security Committee, Jan. 7, Chairman Thompson: TSA and FBI need to add suspected domestic terrorists to flight list and like planes