Republican congressman calls out 'bogus' claims by GOP colleagues trying to downplay the Capitol riot

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• Representative Fred Upton, a Republican from Michigan, said on Sunday that some of the claims his colleagues made about the Capitol riots are bogus
• Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona, claimed the FBI was targeting 'peaceful patriots' when it arrests Capitol rioters
• Andrew Clyde, of Georgia, said that if you did not know the footage from the riot was from January 6 'you would think it was a normal tourist video'
• Jody Hice, meanwhile, said it was Trump supporters who were killed in the riot
• Upton said at least one of his colleagues who made these claims was there that day and he does not know what would motivate them to make these claims
• Lawmakers are trying to hammer out a deal to create an independent commission to study the events of that day
• It remains unclear whether House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy will sign off on it, but some want him and the former president to testify