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The Daily Beast reports:
A right-wing activist known for his unwavering support for former President Trump and urging Democrats to walk away from their party has been arrested for participating in the Capitol insurrection.
Brandon Straka, 43, has been charged with several crimes, including impeding a law enforcement officer during civil disorder and engaging in disorderly conduct with the intent to disturb a hearing before Congress, for his role in the Jan. 6 siege.
The ex-New York City hairstylist and self-described “former liberal” is best known for starting the “WalkAway Campaign,” which urged liberal voters to leave the Democratic Party, in 2018.
Straka has made his Twitter account private. He last appeared on JMG this weekend when he went viral for calling female Democrats inherently ugly. Two days after the riots his “Walk Away” group was banned by Facebook. Straka has been put on American Airlines’ no-fly list for staging an anti-mask protest.
Brandon Straka, founder of the “Walk Away” campaign who describes himself as a “former liberal,” charged in the Capitol insurrection: https://t.co/K7JehAdInz pic.twitter.com/pxh9zVhfYK
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 25, 2021
Feds quote quite a bit from Straka’s tweets — “Also- be embarrassed & hide if you need to- but I was there. It was not Antifa at the Capitol” — and say there’s video of him urging crowd to take a Capitol police officer’s shield pic.twitter.com/dSVoya13OT
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 25, 2021
Patriot homocon @BrandonStraka doesn’t appreciate the receipts on his support for the rioters. pic.twitter.com/NeiGuwBfde
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) January 19, 2021
— JoeMyGod (@JoeMyGod) January 19, 2021