At Least 8 Republicans Who Participated In Jan. 6 Are Running For Office Next Week

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/amphtml/sarahmimms/jan-6-republicans-ballot-election-day


At least eight Republicans who came to Washington for Jan. 6 will be on the ballot next week, less than a year after trying to overthrow the last election.

The candidates include state legislators running for reelection, as well as local officials and candidates seeking statehouse seats. The races are concentrated in New Jersey and Virginia, which hold local off-year elections. Election Day is Tuesday.

While six of these candidates went to the Capitol on Jan. 6, all have either denied entering the building or not spoken about their involvement. None has been charged for their activities on Jan. 6.

The other two candidates have said they solely attended the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the insurrection and did not go to the Capitol. But that rally was explicitly premised on attempting to overturn the 2020 election. And whatever law enforcement’s preparation for the day, the potential for violence was clear, with some Trump supporters openly planning for it online. At the rally itself, Trump told his supporters to “fight like hell” and go to the Capitol, and several other speakers encouraged rallygoers not to accept the election results and to fight.

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[dchill]

1. Exemplars.

So exemplary.

[Bayard]

2. Those photos should be their mug shots

[moondust]

3. And if they "win"

they will demand multiple audits and a do-over because they only "won" because there was so much fraud, right?

How many of the Big Lie adherents with dark brown noses who were on the ballot with TFG in 2020 but "won" their races have demanded that their elections be overturned due to all that fraud so that a re-vote can be held?


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