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TexasTowelie

(116,554 posts)
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 05:53 AM Jan 2021

Ohio man joins raid on U.S. Capitol: 'I shouldn't have kicked in the window'

An Ohio man kicked in an enforced window shutter at the U.S. Capitol during a seditious mob raid on Congress last week, footage shows.

Troy Faulkner can be clearly seen on the exterior of the Capitol in a “Faulkner Painting” sweatshirt bearing the company phone number. Footage shows him successfully kicking the shutter in after the first insurrectionist failed. The crowd responded with jubilance.

Shortly thereafter, a woman uses a Donald Trump flag to clear what’s left of the pane.

“Traitors! Traitors get guillotine,” one man yelled, referring to a machine infamously used during the French Revolution for beheadings.

Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/01/14/ohio-man-joins-raid-on-u-s-capitol-i-shouldnt-have-kicked-in-the-window/

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Ohio man joins raid on U.S. Capitol: 'I shouldn't have kicked in the window' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
Rs say "Traitors get guillotine" is just joking. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jan 2021 #1
It was the cops fault Botany Jan 2021 #2
Oh, Lord,I know Faulkner's here! True Blue American Jan 2021 #3
Another cultist ... UpInArms Jan 2021 #4

Botany

(72,385 posts)
2. It was the cops fault
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 06:41 AM
Jan 2021

“It seemed the cops were antagonizing us and letting them straight into the building in the front so I believe it was all set up for the Trump people,” he said. “I knew I shouldn’t have kicked in the window. I was upset and wasn’t thinking rationally.”

True Blue American

(18,152 posts)
3. Oh, Lord,I know Faulkner's here!
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 06:41 AM
Jan 2021

None named Troy but they are evangelicals. There was a Trump sign in their yard before the election. It was gone the next day.

UpInArms

(51,758 posts)
4. Another cultist ...
Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:58 AM
Jan 2021
Speaking via text messages, Faulkner said he didn’t plan on storming the Capitol when he travelled to Washington D.C. He said he was “shot in the chest by police” and “shrapnel hit my face” and he grew angry that police used tear gas to stave off the invaders. He said he didn’t know what police shot him with.

“It seemed the cops were antagonizing us and letting them straight into the building in the front so I believe it was all set up for the Trump people,” he said. “I knew I shouldn’t have kicked in the window. I was upset and wasn’t thinking rationally.”

Looking back on it, he said he just got caught up in the moment, and added he wasn’t part of any violence against police officers.

“I don’t glorify what I did, nor am I proud of it,” he said.

On his Facebook, a photo depicts Faulkner wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat with a “white lives matter” graphic framing his head.


A true rugged individual willing to take personal responsibility

Eta the pic


Troy Faulkner, seen in khaki jacket, kicks in a enforced, shuttered window at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. during the insurrection Jan. 6.
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