What do Ohio militia members say about the Capitol attack?
Updated Feb 21, 2021;
Posted Feb 21, 2021
Members of the Irregulars of Ohio Reserve Militia pass lengths of wood to a storage area as part of a clean-up effort at Life’s Little Adventures Farm in Wooster in May 2019.(Brian Albrecht/The Plain Dealer
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By Brian Albrecht | Special to cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio Northeast Ohio militia members publicly say they oppose the actions of Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol. They believe that rioters should be punished and worry that their actions will hurt their own organizations.
There’s no way to match the statements with any sentiments spewed on dark parts of the Internet. But here’s what members of several Ohio militias said on the record.