Right Wing West Virginia Lawmaker Who Stormed US Capitol Resigns

[Old 'N Chill]

I'm glad these right-wing anti-American sleazebags are being exposed for who they are. The shit will hit the fan for all of these Trump Party republicans until the damn fan stops turning, or they are behind bars.

West Virginia Lawmaker Who Stormed U.S. Capitol Resigns

Derrick Evans, who faces charges for his involvement in Wednesday's insurrectionist attack, has resigned from the West Virginia House of Delegates.

www.huffpost.com

 

[Mr Person]

He was just exercising his rights (to stage a coup to overthrow democracy and install Trump)

 

[Rogue Valley]

I can't for the life of me understand why West Virginians elect Republicans.

It has a GDP smaller than that of Puerto Rico for God's sake.

 

[Crosscheck]

Another bright and rising star for the Republican Party.

An attorney for Derrick Evans, a Republican lawmaker in West Virginia's House of Delegates, told CBS affiliate WVNS-TV that his client "committed no criminal act" as he stormed the Capitol building.
"From Mr. Evans point of view in the crowd, it appeared that the crowd was being allowed by law enforcement into the Capitol. He was not at the front of the group. Given the sheer size of the group walking in, Evans had no choice but to enter," the attorney, John H. Bryan, said. "Evans continued to film once inside. His footage showed that members of the public were already inside the Capitol by the time he entered. Evans' footage shows no riotous behavior taking place at that time. Protesters can be seen calmly walking around."

The poor guy had no choice but to enter. lol
What the heck it seemed normal to be entering through a broken out window.

 

[Jezcoe]

I can't for the life of me understand why West Virginians elect Republicans.

It has a GDP smaller than that of Puerto Rico for God's sake.

Its two things. The GOP has made itself an explicitly religious political party and they have built in the structural advantage that they run on the idea that government doesn’t work so there is no political price for them to pay when their policies fail.

 

[Old 'N Chill]

Derrick Evans, a newly-elected lawmaker in West Virginia house of delegates, filmed himself during the pro-Trump riot on the US Capitol on Wednesday that left five people dead.
On Friday, the Justice Department announced he had been charged with entering a restricted area.

Evans, a Republican and Trump supporter, was seen on a Facebook Live video in which he was heard shouting "We're in! We're in baby!" while moving among a crowd of rioters as he walked through a doorway of the Capitol Rotunda.

The video has since been deleted. John H Bryan, a civil rights lawyer who is representing Evans, said the delegate traveled to Washington DC to “engage in peaceful protest, activism and amateur journalism" and that he engaged in "no illegal behavior". In a statement released Thursday, Bryan added: "Given the sheer size of the group walking in, Mr Evans had no choice but to enter ...". The lawyer added that Evans has no plans to resign.

 

[Antiwar]

Its two things. The GOP has made itself an explicitly religious political party and they have built in the structural advantage that they run on the idea that government doesn’t work so there is no political price for them to pay when their policies fail.

Those are two succinct points.

Surely there's more than two notable reasons, though.

 

[Antiwar]

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An attorney for Derrick Evans, a Republican lawmaker in West Virginia's House of Delegates, told CBS affiliate WVNS-TV that his client "committed no criminal act" as he stormed the Capitol building.
"From Mr. Evans point of view in the crowd, it appeared that the crowd was being allowed by law enforcement into the Capitol. He was not at the front of the group. Given the sheer size of the group walking in, Evans had no choice but to enter," the attorney, John H. Bryan, said. "Evans continued to film once inside. His footage showed that members of the public were already inside the Capitol by the time he entered. Evans' footage shows no riotous behavior taking place at that time. Protesters can be seen calmly walking around."

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That's interesting. Of course his attorney is trying to get the best outcome for his client; there seems to be quite a bit of truth in these statements; Derrick is not completely innocent.

 

[Gaius46]

He did W VA a favor. He showed them they'd elected a complete moron - really isn't "don't film yourself and post it on FB" part of the Rebellion 101 cirriculum - before he had a chance to damage to the state.

 

[Cork]

I can't for the life of me understand why West Virginians elect Republicans.

It has a GDP smaller than that of Puerto Rico for God's sake.

Me neither. But it's not just them a lot of lower income people vote republicans and it makes no sense for me.

Democrats need better messaging or maybe this people are really that gullible.

 

[Cork]

Its two things. The GOP has made itself an explicitly religious political party and they have built in the structural advantage that they run on the idea that government doesn’t work so there is no political price for them to pay when their policies fail.

At this point republicans don't have any policy besides lower taxes.

They either run by scaring their constituents that democrats are going to destroy this country or just the normal bs about supporting our troops and lower taxes. Normally blaming democrats and immigrations works for them.

I don't any of them have actually have a solution or even address anything to fix modern day people's problem.

 

[Buckeyes85]

That's interesting. Of course his attorney is trying to get the best outcome for his client; there seems to be quite a bit of truth in these statements; Derrick is not completely innocent.

There is zero truth to those statements. It is ridiculous spin.

 

[RAMOSS]

Evans, 35, appeared before a federal judge in Huntington, West Virginia, on Friday after being arrested. If convicted, he faces up to a year and a half in federal prison for two misdemeanor charges: entering a restricted area and disorderly conduct

 

[Antiwar]

There is zero truth to those statements. It is ridiculous spin.

Does spin not start with some accepted truth(s), while trying to produce a narrative that hopefully results in the intended outcome being acceptable?

We probably agree that the contexts matter; that overall the attorney's statement is outrageous. But they have made the context his POV, and made him seem like an innocent leaf that fell into a flash flood.