Tarrant Co Sheriff @BillWaybourn told the crowd at a 12/19 “stop the steal” rally in Dallas “you cannot have peace in your house, you cannot have peace in your neighborhood, your community, your state or this country until we know the truth" https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/ ?
Waybourn was supposed to speak at another "stop the steal" rally but canceled bc he got COVID https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/its-real-it-will-hurt-you-tarrant-county-sheriff-warns-after-bout-with-covid-19/2498829/

I hadn't yet seen this speech where he bolstered lies abt a stolen election & told ppl "we gotta march toward the truth so that legitimacy can take place”
‘It's Real, It Will Hurt You,' Tarrant County Sheriff Warns After Bout With COVID-19

Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn confesses he was not a “great mask wearer” before he got COVID-19, probably in his own office from an infected deputy, and is warning others about the virus:...

https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/its-real-it-will-hurt-you-tarrant-county-sheriff-warns-after-bout-with-covid-19/2498829/
Some bg on Waybourn, who cultivated a kind of hard-right media celebrity during his time as sheriff, which has also seen a spike in deaths at his jail https://www.texasobserver.org/bill-waybourn-sheriff-trump/

at least 7 more ppl held at the jail have died since his November reelection https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/article248147745.html
Tarrant County jail reports another 2 inmate deaths within a week, including suicide

Five people have died in-custody in December and 17 have died in 2020.

https://www.texasobserver.org/bill-waybourn-sheriff-trump/
I haven't seen Waybourn post anything since the violent mob at the capitol. He spoke to Daily Caller after the election, mostly about his spin on TX politics and the deaths at his jail. He again talks about the woman who gave birth alone in her cell
Waybourn of course wasn't the only TX politician who fanned the flames of insurrection, but he might be the most high profile law enforcement official in TX who did so

Read @by_jmiller for more on how the TX GOP fueled the toxic politics that got us here https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-republicans-fanned-the-flames-of-insurrection-long-before-january-6/
Texas Republicans Encouraged Insurrection Long Before the Capitol Attack

It’s not just Ted Cruz. For years, Texas Republicans have fueled the toxic politics that led extremists to storm the Capitol.

https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-republicans-fanned-the-flames-of-insurrection-long-before-january-6/
link to the video, Waybourn's speech at ~6:20 https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=201994341587545&ref=watch_permalink
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