Republican congressman calls Nazi riots in Charlottesville a 'hoax' perpetrated by 'left-wingers'

California Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R)

Sweet merciful everything. GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, who represents a traditionally Republican seat in Southern California that swung sharply against Donald Trump last year, has always been a nutcase, but now he's taken his loony toons act to grand new heights:

Rohrabacher isn't buying that conspiracy theory, but he's deep into another—that Democrats were behind last month's white nationalist riots in Charlottesville, Va. Oh, and calling them white nationalist riots is a liberal media deceit, he said.

"It's all baloney," Rohrabacher said.

Under Rohrabacher's scenario, a former "Hillary and Bernie supporter" got Civil War re-enactors to gather under the guise of protecting a Robert E. Lee statue there.

"It was a setup for these dumb Civil War re-enactors," Rohrabacher said. "It was left-wingers who were manipulating them in order to have this confrontation" and to "put our president on the spot."

Coming from Putin's favorite congressman, maybe we shouldn't be surprised that Rohrabacher's dunked his head straight into Alex Jones' toilet bowl. (Also, Civil War? That’s Bluto Blutarsky level.) But this is something, even for Rohrabacher. May this term—his 15th—be his last.

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