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Behind the Aegis

(54,850 posts)
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 12:29 AM Jan 2021

Gay Congressman was "ready to fight these MAGA assholes" during the Capitol riots

“Are you ready to fight these MAGA assholes?” out Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) said to former NFL linebacker and Rep. Colin Allred (D-TX) as a mob of Trump supporters burst in to the Capitol, carrying weapons and explosives and chanting for the death of Mike Pence.

Allred turned to Maloney and replied: “Let’s go.”

Maloney talked to the New York Daily News about what it was like to be in the Capitol as conservatives and white nationalists attempted to violently force Congress to stop certifying the 2020 presidential election because their preferred candidate didn’t win.

At first Maloney said that the rioters were getting into the building and “we thought they would be inside the chamber at any moment.”

He heard tear gas canisters being used outside the chamber. “We were ready for a fight. I think it was only later that we realized how many of them there were.”

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Gay Congressman was "ready to fight these MAGA assholes" during the Capitol riots (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jan 2021 OP
I bet Rep Maloney was! Cha Jan 2021 #1
"Related: Literally every LGBTQ... dchill Jan 2021 #2
I am not really sure what being gay has to do with the fact Bev54 Jan 2021 #3
It's an article on a gay news site and posted to the FreeState Jan 2021 #5
Definitely one of the good guys! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2021 #4

FreeState

(10,688 posts)
5. It's an article on a gay news site and posted to the
Mon Jan 18, 2021, 12:18 AM
Jan 2021

LGBT forum discussing politics. Sounds like it’s more than germane to the topic.

Rhiannon12866

(221,922 posts)
4. Definitely one of the good guys!
Fri Jan 15, 2021, 12:49 AM
Jan 2021

We see ads for him in my neck-of-the-woods - I sure wish I could vote for him instead of the loser we're stuck with.

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