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groundloop

(11,514 posts)
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 05:11 PM Jul 2021

Capitol rioter accompanied members of Congress on trip to US-Mexico border

Source: CNN

A conservative YouTuber who participated in the January 6 riot accompanied Republican members of Congress on a trip to the border Tuesday night, serving as a translator at times.

Anthony Aguero, a close ally of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene can be seen in videos and photos with Republican members of Congress who traveled to a route along the border frequented by migrants on Tuesday night. CNN's KFile previously reported that Aguero went into the Capitol during the January 6 riot and cheered and justified the break-in.

During his livestream of the Tuesday visit, Aguero interviewed and chatted with Reps. Tom. Tiffany of Wisconsin, Lauren Boebert of Colorado, Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina, Chris Jacobs of New York, Michael Cloud of Texas, John Rose of Tennessee, Ronny Jackson of Texas, and Mary Miller of Illinois.

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Aguero has not been charged for unlawful entry at the US Capitol on January 6. After chanting "heave-ho" as rioters attempted to break in, he entered the Capitol Rotunda and later chanted "our house" on the Capitol steps. In a livestream one day after the Capitol riot, he attacked those who condemned the ransacking of the Capitol. The FBI previously declined to comment on whether it was investigating Aguero in an email to CNN.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/politics/kfile-anthony-aguero-accompanied-members-of-congress-to-border/index.html



He claimed he was visiting the border as a "journalist" with "Border Network News".
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Capitol rioter accompanied members of Congress on trip to US-Mexico border (Original Post) groundloop Jul 2021 OP
Seems that aguero's time will be a-coming empedocles Jul 2021 #1
They are being as blatant as you can about wanting civil war. So are some members of Congress. Evolve Dammit Jul 2021 #2
It's way past time to Lock. Them. All. Up. abqtommy Jul 2021 #3
Why is Aguero walking around free? tonekat Jul 2021 #4
And for that matter... SuperCoder Jul 2021 #5
Lock him up. Lock all of them up. 20+ hard years in Florence. If not that, then harsher penalties! Lucky Luciano Jul 2021 #6
All these little attachments to the rioters... Maxheader Jul 2021 #7
K&R ck4829 Jul 2021 #8

Maxheader

(4,370 posts)
7. All these little attachments to the rioters...
Sun Jul 4, 2021, 07:30 AM
Jul 2021

Just keep on coming. No wonder mitch the bitch doesn't want

an investigation. I wasn't all that crazy about one either.

Especially after the 2nd empeachment... But now I think enough

new faces are involved , that obviously the gop will ignore, but

the country needs to be aware of. Might help in the midterms....

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