Aerial banner calls for Rutherford’s resignation
‘Resign now Rutherford — you betrayed us,’ banner’s message says
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An aerial banner that flew over Jacksonville on Tuesday called for U.S. Rep. John Rutherford to resign. (Submitted)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A group of Jacksonville residents took to the skies Tuesday to air out grievances against U.S. Rep. John Rutherford over his objection to the certification of the 2020 presidential election results.
“Resign now Rutherford — you betrayed us,” read the banner towed by a plane soaring above the Interstate 95 corridor during the morning rush hour.
Rutherford is among 147 Republican lawmakers who challenged states’ election results during Jan. 6 certification proceedings, hours after a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in what escalated into a deadly riot. Five deaths resulted from the violence, including Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who died of injuries suffered in the fray.