Washington Commanders DC Jack Del Rio defends tweets about Jan. 6 hearings, refers to Capitol insurrection as 'dust-up'

ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Commanders defensive coordinator Jack Del Rio defended his tweets about the upcoming congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, saying he wants to know why there's not similar energy devoted to the «riots» in the summer of 2020 as there is to what he termed a «dust-up» at the U.S. Capitol.

Del Rio tweeted Monday in response to a tweet about upcoming hearings on the events of Jan. 6: «Would love to understand 'the whole story' about why the summer of riots, looting, burning and the destruction of personal property is never discussed but this is??? #CommonSense.»

Del Rio said Wednesday he was just asking a question about events in the spring and summer of 2020 that followed George Floyd's death.

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«Why are we not looking into those things — if we're going to talk about it — why are we not looking into those things?» Del Rio said. «I can look at images on the TV, people's livelihoods are being destroyed, businesses are being burned down, no problem. And then we have a dust-up at the Capitol, nothing burned down, and we're going to make that a major deal. I just think it's kind of two standards, and if we apply the same standard and we're going to be reasonable with each other, let's have a discussion. That's all it was. Let's have a discussion.»

The House committee investigating the 2021 insurrection will conduct its first public hearing Thursday. The six hearings, which are expected to last until late June, will be the