Trump's Ultimate Humiliation of Congressional Republicans
Richard Lee Harris was not swept up in a misunderstanding.
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Harris traveled to Washington from Oregon for Trumps Stop the Steal rally on January 6, 2021. According to evidence presented at his trial, before he entered the Capitol, he recorded a selfie video outside the building and bragged: They tear gassed us, front fucking line baby, were storming the Capitol. Then he entered the Capitol through the northwest Senate Wing door at about 2:14 p.m. one minute after the first rioter breached the building. He was not following the crowd. He was leading it.
Once inside, Harris menaced Capitol Police officers from the front of a large mob, helping to force them aside so that the insurrectionists could continue into the building. He climbed on presidential statues, putting his blue camouflage MAGA hat on a statue of Gerald Ford. Then, inside the Rotunda, he picked up a U.S. Capitol Police landline and used it to threaten the constitutional officers the mob most wanted to reach.
Can I speak to Pelosi? he yelled. Yeah, were coming, bitch. Oh, Mike Pence? Were coming for you, too, you fucking traitor.
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