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Klete Keller, who won swimming medals in three Summer Games, was captured on video inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda during last weeks violent election protest.
Klete Keller, a champion swimmer who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified by former teammates and coaches as a member of the crowd that surged into the U.S. Capitol during violent protests on Wednesday.
A video posted by a reporter from a conservative outlet, Townhall, appeared to show the 6-foot-6 Keller towering over a crowd that was pushing and shoving with police officers who were trying to clear the Capitol Rotunda.
Several former teammates and coaches said they recognized Keller in the video because of his size and because he was wearing a U.S. Olympic team jacket that had USA printed across the back and down the sleeves.
A green face covering, which might have obscured his identity, hung loosely around his neck, leaving his bearded face clearly visible.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/12/sports/olympics/klete-keller-capitol-trump.html
dchill
(38,511 posts)Apparently.
Skittles
(153,170 posts)WTF is WRONG with these people
Bluethroughu
(5,173 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)Get to the no-fly list, for a start.
njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)No quarter to these Insurrectionists
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Just thought it was a guy who looked like him.