Republicans Urge “Hero” J6 Rioters To Run For Office

April 19, 2025 Extremists, Republicans

The Associated Press reports:

Ryan Kelley [photo] thought he had a good shot at becoming Michigan’s governor in 2022. Three years later, Kelley says, people ask him all the time to run for governor again. In today’s America, where Trump returned to the White House and within hours pardoned some 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters, Kelley’s two-month prison sentence for his actions that winter day in 2021 isn’t the obstacle to public life that it might once have been.

It may even be a ticket to political prominence. Far from being sidelined, those who rioted, assaulted police officers or broke into congressional offices during the violent attack are now being spotlighted as honored guest speakers at local Republican events around the country. They are getting a platform to tell their version of events and being hailed as heroes and martyrs. Some are considering runs for office.

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