Three individuals present at the Capitol riots on Jan. 6 are now running for Congress in competitive districts, in some cases with the support of Republican leaders. Story from the New York Times.
Derrick Van Orden, a candidate for the U.S. House, after being endorsed by former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 5, 2022.
None of the candidates have been charged with entering the Capitol or otherwise engaging in illegal behavior. And almost all of them have sought to distance themselves from the events of Jan. 6 and denounced the violence they witnessed. Rep. Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader who is in line to become House speaker if Republicans prevail, campaigned last month for Majewski in Fremont, Ohio. McCarthy criticized an ad by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, the veteran Democratic incumbent, that portrayed Majewski as an extremist who broke through police barricades at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
At least two of the candidates — Van Orden and Majewski — have strong chances of winning their races. Van Orden lost the seat in 2020 by less than 3 percentage points when he ran in the same district in western Wisconsin against Rep. Ron Kind, a Democrat. Van Orden, who has the endorsement of all three top House Republicans, is the favored candidate now that Kind is retiring.
“I had multiple people get injured, but I made sure they made it back to our hotel,” Majewski said. “It was a terrible experience. It was one that was supposed to be great.”Several other Republican congressional candidates who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 have been defeated in their primaries or in some cases disqualified.
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