Three Capitol Riot Attendees Could Win House Seats

The Insider reports:

Several would-be Republican lawmakers are riding 2020 election falsehoods all the way to the ballot box this November, where at least seven people who say they were at or near the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, are seeking to join the very institution that was attacked by a mob of Trump supporters nearly two years ago.

Three such candidates have a real shot at winning their Congressional races next week, forcing current members of Congress to start considering the impending possibility of being forced to welcome new colleagues into the fold who were present on the grounds as the Capitol was attacked.

None of the candidates have been arrested or charged in relation to the Jan. 6 attack, but several have continued to defend their presence near the Capitol that day.

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