New Jan. 6 Footage Shows Capitol Rioter Threatening To 'Cut Their Head Off'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

The video was released hours after the GOP said Capitol rioters were engaging in "legitimate political discourse."
Sara Boboltz
By
Sara Boboltz
02/05/2022 04:07pm EST



Newly released video from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack shows a Texas man ranting about a “stolen” presidential election and calling for elected officials to be publicly killed.

“Cut their head off!” he yells at one point.

Its release by the Justice Department came just hours after top Republican Party officials issued a resolution on Friday stating that the people who mobbed the Capitol had engaged in “legitimate political discourse.”

The man in the video, Ryan Nichols, was arrested in the days after the attack and pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him, which include assault with a crowbar and pepper spray. His case is still pending in federal court.

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Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/capitol-riot-jan-6-video-cut-their-head-off_n_61febf3be4b0f8a1b8451dd5

[Stuart G]

2. K and R...Thanks for posting !!

[brush]

3. Throw away the key immediately after this violent idiot is jailed.

[Martin68]

4. Just keep the evidence adding up every time they try to normalize the behavior of Trumpist

conspiratorial insurrectionist traitors to our country.

[monkeyman1]

5. U.S. military been there lock & loaded , seen some dumb ass's running for mommy !!

[sarcasmo]

6. Head chopping discourse from the GOP.

[SergeStorms]

7. Normal political discourse.

Something the Red Queen might say, right?

[question everything]

8. You can see the really scary video here

https://democraticunderground.com/1017710342

[orangecrush]

9. The stupid

It burns..

Confessing on live national television.

These idiots believed they were getting pardoned.

[flying_wahini]

10. Wait until he finds out Trump Lied about all of it.

Will he threaten him with the same?

[justgamma]

11. I'll bet they think

the exact same thing about the BLM protests. Don't they? IOKIYAR.

[Evolve Dammit]

12. more like a tourist really...

[Lonestarblue]

13. This report highlights another problem we have in this country--federal courts.

This guy was arrested within days of the Capitol assault and pleaded guilty to all charges, yet more than a year later his case is still pending in federal court. Why? It seems our courts are so jammed up that nothing happens without significant delays. With the insurrection, the courts have been flooded with criminal cases, but it seems strange that it takes more than a year to resolve a case when the criminal pleads guilty.

[reACTIONary]

15. Don't know, but....

....in many cases it's because they are actively cooperating or they might be called upon to do so. They might be needed as witnesses against others. The authorities don't want to close the case until they are sure they have no further use for the defendant. The want to keep the threat of a harsher sentence hanging over their head.

[Emile]

14. same idiots call black lives matter protestors terrorists.

[lapfog_1]

16. "you fuckin treasoned this country"

treason is now a verb!

who knew?

graduate high school? I hope not.

[BlueIdaho]

17. Speaking of political discourse

This should be the #1 issue for the 2022 election. Fill the airwaves with this shit and then ask - Do you support these traitors or do you support the constitution?

[FakeNoose]

18. So nice that he publicly posted his insurrection shit along with his ID and image

Smart guy there, real smart.

[Emile]

19. You would think he would show and wave his big knife like most terrorists do!

[Cha]

20. Fuck your Vicous "political discourse,

Ryan Nichols.

Rt TY

[Kid Berwyn]

21. Traitors, murderers and liars.

GOP

[Slammer]

22. Legitimate Political Discourse

You know, the membership of the RNC isn't a mystery.
https://gop.com/about-our-party/rnc-members/


Take Toni Anne Dashiell, one of the three members from Texas.

She is president of Dashiell Properties, Inc., Property Management Firm according to her bio at the RNC. That company's webpage is here: https://www.dashiellproperties.com/about-us

It lists the company address as

DASHIELL PROPERTIES, INC.
143 Spanish Pass
Boerne, TX 78006

Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

It occurs to me that if Republican activists can have legitimate political discourse at one place of work that Democrat activists could have legitimate political discourse at some other place of work.

I mean, that's how legitimate political discourse works, right?

[Blue Owl]

23. Let's all remember how the GOP reacted to Kathy Griffin's joke

about Dump’s severed head…