NBC News reports:
A Georgia congressional candidate convicted of a misdemeanor for illegally demonstrating inside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, walked out of a televised debate with a fellow Republican on Sunday ahead of a June 18 primary runoff.
It was the latest volatile turn in southwest Georgia’s 2nd Congressional District, where Chuck Hand and Wayne Johnson are competing for the GOP nomination to take on 16-term Democratic incumbent Rep. Sanford Bishop in November.
Hand is one of at least four people convicted of Jan. 6 crimes running for Congress this year, all as Republicans. He was sentenced to 20 days in federal prison and six months of probation.
Read the full article. The convicted rioter was upset because one of the other candidates mentioned that he is a convicted rioter. Hand is one of several convicted rioters running for Congress.
Chuck Hand – convicted in the January 6 Capitol riot -walks out of the Republican Congressional District 2 debate sponsored by the Atlanta Press Club at Georgia Public Broadcasting studios. @gapol @gpbnews @atlpressclub pic.twitter.com/WzaZi7JYie
— Donna Lowry (@donnalowrynews) June 10, 2024
Chuck Hand just left the district 2 GOP primary runoff debate after introducing himself —- but he stopped to talk to the media for nearly 20 minutes about why.
Here’s a bit of that: pic.twitter.com/xVxEv83Lv6
— Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon (@alemzs) June 9, 2024