Online sleuths claim "#PinkGaiterPBG," a young woman photographed at the U.S. Capitol alongside the Proud Boys, is Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda, a Miami GOP-strategist and Florida International University student who has worked for Marco Rubio, Ron DeSantis, and Ileana Garcia.
REUTERSA 23-year-old former Marco Rubio intern has been arrested in connection with her actions on Jan. 6. Barbara "Barby" Balmaseda was officially charged with corrupt obstruction of an official proceeding, knowingly entering and remaining in a restricted building and engaging in disorderly conduct in a Capitol building with the intent to impede a session of Congress. She is a former Florida International University student who interned for Marco Rubio between 2018 and 2019, and was also an org