Minnesota AG Candidate Calls Capitol Rioters “Heroes”

Mediaite reports:

A Republican candidate for attorney general in Minnesota bragged that people on her staff “were participants in January 6th” and called the Capitol rioters “heroes.”

Lynne Torgerson is running to secure the GOP nomination on a very pro-insurrection platform. In a clip from a forum on Jan. 25 that was flagged by Heartland Signal on Thursday, she claimed President Joe Biden had been installed via a coup.

Doug Wardlow, another candidate at the event, said that the rioters are being “improperly prosecuted” and that as attorney general, he will “push back against the federal government.”

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Republican AG Candidate Calls Capitol Rioters ‘Heroes,’ Brags Her Staff Members ‘Were Participants in Jan. 6’https://t.co/aJIKe98imS

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) February 11, 2022

MN GOP Attorney General candidate Lynne Torgerson: “At least two people on my staff were participants in Jan. 6.”

Calling the rioters “heroes,” she adds, “It seemed … that the election of Joe Biden was somewhat of a coup and that the person who won was President Trump.” pic.twitter.com/QfCqScVzDa

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) February 10, 2022