North Texas man charged with assaulting cops during Capitol insurrection is running for Texas House

[brooklynite]

Source: Dallas Morning News

AUSTIN – A North Texas man facing federal charges for allegedly assaulting police officers during the Jan. 6 insurrection and siege at the U.S. Capitol is now running for a Texas House seat.

Mark Middleton, who was indicted in May by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. David Spiller of Jacksboro in House District 68. Following this year’s redistricting, the district stretches from the Oklahoma border south to Lampasas and San Saba counties at the edge of the Texas Hill Country.

According to the Texas secretary of state website, the state Republican Party has accepted Middleton’s application to be a candidate in the March 1 primary.

Middleton and his wife Jalise, of Forestburg, were captured on video and in photographs participating in the riot, the FBI says in a federal criminal complaint. They were arrested and released in April from the Collin County jail, according to jail records.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/11/29/north-texas-man-charged-with-assaulting-cops-during-capitol-insurrection-is-running-for-texas-house/

[RevBrotherThomas]

1. Anyone all that surprised?

I'm not.

[samsingh]

2. and he will probably win

[Gaugamela]

3. If these people were convicted of insurrection they wouldn't be able to hold office

under the 14th Amendment.

But apparently that’s a big ask.

[keithbvadu2]

4. His GQP qualifications

[cntrfthrs]

5. the article says 'federal charges'...

I thought felony convictions disqualifies one from running for elective office...?

[Rhiannon12866]

6. He's only "facing federal charges" at this point

And no doubt he'll use this as a Republican qualification...

[onetexan]

7. Why isn't he in prison?