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Ryan Kelley thought he had a good shot at becoming Michigan’s governor in 2022. That is, until he was charged with misdemeanors for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. His campaign sputtered and he finished fourth out of five candidates in the Republican primary.

Three years later, Kelley says, people ask him all the time to run for governor again. In today’s America, where President Donald 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.

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, recognizing that at least among a certain segment of the pro-Trump base, they are seen not as criminals but as patriots.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 41 points 2 months ago

Traitors the whole lot of them. Shame.

[–] aaron@lemm.ee 34 points 2 months ago

Hold someone accountable for the deaths of the Capital officers you psycho/sociopathic fucks.

[–] DrFistington@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago

Then I suppose the people that kill them will be the new hero's and candidates we all really need

[–] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

Still waiting for the crazy shaman to be elected senator.

There is no way to rescue the USA from what will happen the next decades, there is no mechanism. And that is even if democrats make a majority win in both houses next year.

The USA will still decline and it will be a messy time filled with multiple failures by the thousands for the next generation or two.

That said, I see hope still, just not in federal government or many state governments, but in new ways for the common people to organize in communities .

But yea, many of the agitators locked up now will be filthy rich later

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Meh. I had a grain in my belly lint today. Never had it before. I think I'll sit out the primaries again. It's all the Dems fault. - US voters probably.