WASHINGTON – As he strolled past gold-framed portraits of past congressional leaders, one rioter who stormed the Capitol in a pro-Trump mob on Wednesday wore a red Trump hat, a commemorative sweatshirt from the president’s inauguration and a lanyard around his neck.
When a photo of him went viral, it didn’t take Internet sleuths long to realize that the lanyard held his work badge clearly identifying him as an employee of Navistar Direct Marketing, a printing company in Frederick, Md.
On Thursday, Navistar swiftly fired him.
An employee of Navistar Direct Marketing has been “terminated for cause” after he wore his WORK BADGE to the Capitol yesterday, per @TreWardWBALpic.twitter.com/TR4DJXsZSE
AllahpunditPosted at 4:49 pm on January 8, 2021
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“This can mean only one thing,” said Haley Byrd Wilt in response to the news. “The Justice Department is also antifa.”
She was joking but I assume that theory is being kicked around in earnest on Parler this afternoon.
I feel reassured in a way by the conspiracy theory that the terror attack on the Capitol was staged by the far left, never mind that various perps have already been identified as members of the far right. (Some are
Republican state legislators.) The best outcome here would be for everyone to say, “That was terrible, full stop,” but we live in a fallen world so many millions of fallen people will find themselves choosing between two explanations. One: “That was terrible but it wasn’t us.” Two: “That was fantastic and it