Former GOP Candidate And Brother Charged In Capitol Riot, He Allegedly Boasted “Look At The Fucking Blood”

Washington DC’s CBS News affiliate reports:

A former Republican candidate for the New York State Assembly bragged on social media that he was one of the “key players” in pushing past police lines during the Capitol riot on January 6, according to charging documents unsealed in federal court this week.

Arrest warrants for Gregory Purdy, his brother Matthew Purdy and a third defendant, Robert Turner, were authorized by a federal judge earlier this month. In addition to the four misdemeanor counts they all share, Gregory Purdy and Turner are additionally charged with civil disorder, obstruction and assaulting, resisting or impeding police.

Purdy wrote, “Peep my war cry at the end as we push through this riot team after they didn’t listen to us.” In still another post, Purdy wrote, “This was after the last videos after we successfully got through their first force!!! Look at the f****** blood on the ground.”

Read the full article. Purdy took 32% of the vote in the 2016 New York Assembly general election.