On Jan. 6, 2021, a man named Derrick Van Orden marched on Capitol Hill. Almost two years to the day later, he'll return — this time as an elected official. (via MaddowBlog)
Almost two years to the day later, the Wisconsin Republican will return to Capitol Hill — this time as an elected member of Congress. MSNBCDerrick Van Orden, a Trump loyalist who rallied outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, won his U.S. House race in Wisconsin’s 3rd Congressional District. ... Van Orden flipped the seat, defeating Democratic state Sen. Brad Pfaff, after Democrat Rep. Ron Kind decided not to run for re-election.
For democracy advocates, the outcome was likely discouraging, but Van Orden wasn’t the only Republican candidate linked to Jan. 6 on the ballot yesterday, and others weren’t as fortunate as the Wisconsinite. HuffPostMany Republican candidates who were directly linked to the deadly Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol lost their bids for office in Tuesday’s midterm elections, in a big repudiation of extremism and GOP efforts to torpedo democracy.
Perhaps the most high-profile example was Doug Mastriano, who went to the Capitol on Jan. 6, and whose claims about what transpired have beenThere’s also Dan Cox, who attended Donald Trump’s pre-riot rally on Jan. 6. The Maryland Republican badly lost his gubernatorial campaign, too.
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