House GOP's new midterm headache: Candidates tied to the Capitol riot

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The GOP’s political turmoil over the Jan. 6 insurrection is seeping into the midterm elections.

House Republican leaders have forcefully condemned the violent Capitol riot by Donald Trump's supporters. But the GOP campaign arm is now in the uncomfortable position of watching several of its own candidates face sharp questions about their role in the deadly siege that injured scores of police officers.

One of those GOP candidates, Derrick Van Orden in Wisconsin, has distanced himself from the violence, saying he left the pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" rally after rioters began breaking into the Capitol and that he never went inside. But another Republican congressional hopeful, Teddy Daniels in Pennsylvania, posted a video from near the Capitol steps with the caption: “I Am Here. God Bless Our Patriots.”

Then there’s Tina Forte, a long-shot GOP candidate seeking to unseat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who posed for a picture the day of the attack wearing what appears to be black body armor. In another photo from that day, the right-wing influencer displayed a white power hand gesture.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-gops-new-midterm-headache-candidates-tied-to-the-capitol-riot/ar-AAMWIMN

You guys shit your bed, now sleep in it.

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Is Tina Forte A Kamikaze?

She thinks she's going to win that district?
Seems like a suicide mission.

[empedocles]

2. Its already getting a little more interesting to see the squirming 'cons

[Thunderbeast]

3. Democrats will have to work their asses off to hold the House!

We MUST NOT expect the GQP to self-destruct.

The corrupt state legislatures will start next week to use sophisticated modeling to re-read legislative and congressional boundaries in an effort to lock in their powers for a decade.

[mcar]

4. House Republican leaders have not forcefully condemned the insurrection

Not by a long shot.

[lagomorph777]

5. Pretty cool they already shot all the video our side needs for ads.

Idiots.