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The entire world was shocked by the scenes at Washington DC as scores of Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill while the US Congress was certifying Joe Bidens presidential victory. Since then, matters have only escalated with Big Tech deplatforming US President Donald Trump and pushing free speech alternative Parler offline. Now, another intriguing character has come to the fore. He is John Sullivan who uses aliases such as Activist X, Activist John, and Jayden X.

There is a lot of intrigue about him as no one appears to be sure who he is exactly. Those on the right-wing believe he is associated with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and the Antifa, which are known to riot and engage in unlawful activities. As per journalist Max Blumenthal, however, BLM and Antifa activists have strictly disassociated themselves from John Sullivan and considers him to be an extremely problematic individual.

John Sullivan shot to the limelight after he appeared on CNN for a chat with anchor Anderson Cooper regarding the video he had captured of Ashli Babbitt being shot by a law enforcement officer. Babbitt was a pro-Trump veteran who was shot during the protests at Capitol hill. On CNN, he presented himself as a heroic journalist who captured the shooting on camera. Anderson Cooper also called him a left-wing activist.

There is also videos of him participating in the riots, celebrating it and instigating the mob. John Sullivan says, Lets go! This sh*ts ours. F*ck yeah We accomplished this sh*t. We did this sh*t together!.. Were all part of this history.

In another video, he can be seen telling Jade sacker, who accompanied him on CNN, We did it. He tells her, Is this not gonna be the best film youve ever made in your life? Sacker apparently has a documentary project up her sleeve.

Max Blumenthal is an editor at The Grayzone, an independent left-wing media outlet. He has published a detailed report on John Sullivan where he has documented the perception of him among BLM activists and Antifa. According to the journalist, John Sullivan is best known among the left-wing crowd for his propensity for inspiring chaos, engaging in counterproductive tactics that often trigger arrests, and consistently undermining BLM objectives.

If theres violence to instigate, he will raise it to another level. But hes not the one that does it. And thats a dangerous type of person. Thats one of the most dangerous types of people to me, one BLM activist is quoted as saying.

On the 23rd of November 2020, Antifa in Portland is said to have issued an anonymous tip demanding that John Sullivan be locked out of their circles. While its easier, and generally more fair, to believe he is a naive narcissist, clout chaser and inept organizer, it might not be an accurate analysis. A narc for the feds might not be an accurate assessment either. Its more likely that John is an agent provocateur, putting activist communities in danger.

Sean Michael Love, a BLM activist, said of Sullivan, He always gets released and usually much quicker than everybody else. And thats just, you know, when you see that pattern, you wonder if theres something else going on.

James Sullivan, the brother of John Sullivan, does not appear to be too fond of his brother and holds him responsible for the Capitol Hill riots. I know that John [Sullivan] was one of the people that led [the riot], and helped organize it, James told Blumenthal.

And, again, what I said is that Antifa goes off of basic psychological warfare, and theyre seeing that the Trump supporters are very, very emotional kind of on a knifes edge [Antifa is] organized. You know, theyre a well oiled machine. So like, they planned this, to change the public opinion against Trump supporters, and to create anarchy in the country.

According to James, John Sullivan has mental health issues as well. What we [his family] have found out is that he is addicted to Adderall. He does not need to take it because he doesnt have ADHD. And what happens is that he becomes a little bit paranoid. Its very easy for him to to act cool, calm, and collected, but he flips on a dime.

According to James, John Sullivan radicalized by the death of George Floyd. Prior to that, John was on the Republican side of things as well. James said that John had defamed his family, called their father a White supremacist and accused James of being a wife-beater and abusing his children. James was referring to their adoptive father, retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Kevin J. Sullivan. He is White.

James, who is a member of a right-wing organization, confirms that BLM activists were trying to get John out of their circles. James says that he had received calls from them asking for his help in the matter. They reached out to me, and they said, Hey, this is what Johns doing. Were trying to get this stuff done and hes getting people hurt and arrested. You know, and they dont need to be arrested. These are good people that are going to prison because John would incite violence.

James recounted further, John coming back to disrupt that is something that even [elected] representatives have come out against. And the Democrats do not want him here. Like, we have a unique political climate here in Utah. Theres no real chance of violence or anything like that here unless John comes back and starts igniting his group.

According to Jade Sacker, who had appeared on CNN with John Sullivan, he knew that people were going to storm the Capitol. She told Blumenthal, John knew somehow that people were considering storming the Capitol. He had had intelligence days before, and I didnt believe him. I never thought that something like that would happen. And then when we showed up at the Capitol, there were thousands and thousands of people there. I didnt think that we would be able to document what was going on. So when I said we did it, I was just shocked that we like got in there at all, and that we were on the front lines of being able to tell the story.

Sacker also conceded that his ultimate agenda is inciting as much chaos as possible. Hes just angry. And he says it in a lot of his videos Fuck the system, burn it down. He doesnt think it can be reformed. Like he kind of wants his civil war. Hes a bit of a provocateur and he wants to dismantle the system, and he believes in the value of civil disobedience. And because he is apolitical, I think he feels more a sense of allegiance to anyone who shares that the values of, I guess, chaos.

Blumenthal also says that there are conspiracy theories floating around that John Sullivan is actually a law enforcement asset. BLM activists certainly appear to believe so. Love said, I definitely think that mentally, he has some things he has to work out. But as far as him cooperating with the law enforcement, that has been our belief.

Sacker also told Blumenthal that right-wing circles believe that he is working with the FBI. John, however, denied the allegations. He also maintains that he is more on the BLM (Black Lives Matter) side, ending the police brutality, the racial discrimination but could not offer a coherent ideology according to Blumenthal.

The dominant narrative among the right-wing, however, is that John Sullivan is a left-wing activist. Fox News reported that the left-wing activist was charged in Washington and remains in custody in Toeele County, Utah.

John, however, maintains that it was an act to build rapport with the protesters. I had to relate to these people, and build trust in the short amount of time I had there to get where I need to go, he told Rolling Stone. To the front of the crowd to see the dynamic between the police and the protesters, because nobody wants to see the backs of peoples heads from a far-off distance.

Meanwhile, Jack Posobiec of OAN reports that Donald Trump is being briefed that John Sullivan did not act alone.

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BLM activist, Antifa, anarchist or FBI asset? What we know so far about John Sullivan, who was spotted instigating mobs at Capitol Hill - OpIndia

President Trump and close ally House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy spoke about the Capitol riots Monday, and during their heated conversation, the president kept repeating a conspiracy theory that antifa was responsible for the violence.

McCarthy confronted Mr. Trump on this, telling him that it wasn't antifa and that Trump supporters were entirely to blame for the rioting, according to a person with direct knowledge of the call.

Axios first reported on Mr. Trump's attempts to blame Antifa during the call with McCarthy.

But the president also admitted to McCarthy that he is at least partially to blame for what transpired at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday, the GOP leader recounted to fellow House Republicans during a conference call Monday. Multiple Republicans familiar with the discussion with the GOP conference confirmed the details to CBS News.

The call between the president and the top House Republican came on the same day Mr. Trumpmet face-to-facein the Oval Office with Vice President Pence for the first time since the deadly siege, during which protesters were heard chanting, "Hang Mike Pence!" During his call with Mr. Trump, McCarthy also urged him to call President-elect Joe Biden, the source with direct knowledge of the call said.

However, any fraction of responsibility the president may have taken in that call with McCarthy appeared to have evaporated Tuesday. Twice, upon his departure for a trip to Alamo, Texas (not that Alamo), Mr. Trump called his address to supporters last Wednesday "totally appropriate."

"If you read my speech and many people have done itm and I've seen it both in the papers and in the media, on television it's been analyzed, and people thought what I said was totally appropriate," the president said. And he tried to suggest that elements responsible for "horrible riots in Portland and Seattle and various other places...was a real problem."

McCarthy's outreach to senior Republicans comes as the House is set to vote Tuesday on a resolution calling on Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment with Cabinet secretaries to remove the president from office. If Pence and the Cabinet do not do so, the House is expected to vote Wednesday on an article of impeachment against Mr. Trump, holding him responsible for inciting the mob that assaulted the Capitol, leaving five people dead.

While many congressional Republicans have voiced opposition to impeaching Mr. Trump for a second time, including McCarthy, a handful of Republican senators have signaled they are open to impeachment charges or have called on the president to resign before his term expires on January 20.

McCarthy's struggle with the president over culpability for the storming of the Capitol comes as Republicans are trying to shore up financial support from some of the party's most reliable donors: top corporations. Since the violence last week, several Fortune 500 companies and other entities that regularly give to GOP candidates or campaign committees say they now either plan to withhold donations from the 147 House and Senate Republicans who voted against affirming the Electoral College results or at least temporarily suspend donations to Republican candidates. Some companies are suspending all political donations.

While the decision has less of an impact on rank-and-file Republicans from reliably conservative districts, the freeze on corporate giving could adversely affect McCarthy's ability to continue raising money for his colleagues a key element in maintaining a firm grip on his leadership post.

In a letter sent to House Republicans and obtained by CBS News, McCarthy wrote that he remains opposed to impeachment, writing it would "have the opposite effect of bringing our country together when we need to get America back on a path towards unity and civility."

He said members across the conference had recommended other avenues to address the riots in the Capitol on Wednesday, including creating a bipartisan commission to study the attack, reforming the Electoral Count Act of 1887 and crafting legislation to "promote voter confidence in future federal elections."

The other option McCarthy mentioned was a resolution of censure, though he did not say who would be censured. The letter did not mention Mr. Trump by name.

McCarthy also reiterated to fellow House Republicans that he too believes the president bears some responsibility for the mob and assault on the Capitol.

The House leader was among many senior Republicans who spoke with the president during the assault on Wednesday and pleaded with him to call off his supporters and send military assistance to quell the disturbance.

Kimberly Brown contributed reporting.

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House GOP leader says Trump both sought to blame antifa for Capitol violence and admitted he's partly responsible - CBS News

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Theassault on the U.S. Capitol Wednesday produced a flurry of interpretations that ranged from questionable to conspiratorial.

Many of these claims were spawned over social media and quickly became viral. Some caught the attention of political leaders, both on the left and right, who amplified themto their online audiences.

Below is a run down of some of theclaims that have been fact-checkedby PolitiFact.

As Trumps Save America March descended into a riot that saw protestors storm the U.S. Capitol as Congress sought to certify President-elect Joe Bidens win, many of Trumps allies tried to distance themselves and their supporters from the mob by blaming the violence on antifa,a loosely affiliated group of far-left anti-fascism activists.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was one of the first to do so, first over Twitter on Wednesday evening, then on Facebook Thursday morning. "Those who stormed the capitol yesterday were not Trump supporters. They have been confirmed to beAntifa," he wrote, citing a tweet that has since been deleted and a Washington Times article that has since been retracted. PolitiFact rated his claim Pants on Fire.

Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., also took to Twitter to ask his followers not to rush judgment on who was behind the riots at the Capitol Wednesday.

"Please, dont be like #FakeNewsMedia, dont rush to judgment on assault on Capitol. Wait for investigation. All may not be (and likely is not) what appears. Evidence growing that fascist ANTIFA orchestrated Capitol attack with clever mob control tactics," BrookstweetedThursday.

But there have been no credible reports that people who identify as antifa "orchestrated" the riots at the Capitol. Because Brooks did not provide clear and irrefutable evidence, PolitiFact rated his claim Pants on Fire.

One of Californias highest ranking Republican leaders, Sen. Shannon Grove, also took to Twitter to perpetuate false antifa rumors.

"Patriots dont act like this !!! This was Antifa," she wrote in a Tweet, which has since been deleted.

Her post cited a separate tweet and photo from attorney and Trump supporter Lin Wood He claimed two men in the photo are affiliated with antifa.

But one of the men wasquicklyidentifiedbyjournalistswho track far-right extremism as aneo-Nazi. PolitiFact rated her claim Pants on Fire.

One of the reasons baseless antifa claims spread like wildfire online was a Washington Times story posted Jan. 6 with the headline, "Facial recognition firm claims Antifa infiltrated Trump protesters who stormed Capitol."

The story sourced information putatively from a Singapore-based facial recognition technology company that reportedly identified members of the mob as people with antifa ties. But the company the Washington Times sourced refuted the report, saying that it was never in contact with the newspaper about the story. By Thursday, the story was retracted. But that didnt stop social media users from sharing the story thousands of times. PolitiFact rated these claims False.

One of the most noticeable rioters in video and photos was Jake Angeli, who is known as "Q Shaman" and is easily identifiable byhishorned fur cap. Angeli is a well known Trump supporter and Q Anon conspiracy theorist from Arizona, where he regularly attends rallies in his iconic garb. In December, Angeli launched an online crowdfunding campaign to fund his participation in pro-Trump events.

But even he faced online allegations that he was an antifa member masquerading as a Trump supporter. In a tweet, he fended off those allegations, and PolitiFact later rated those claims Pants on Fire.

I am not antifa or blm," Angelis tweet said. "I'm a Qanon & digital soldier. My name is Jake & I marched with the police & fought against BLM & ANTIFA in PHX."

Wisconsin state Rep. Jonathan Brostoff, D-Milwaukee, expressed his concern over a woman who was shot and killed during the riots. In a Thursday tweet, he described the events this way:

"The Trump Terrorist who was put down during the violent mob assault wasnt (as they claimed) shot by the Capitol Police, they were (physically) on her side. Instead it was a secret service agent who discharged his firearm while doing his duty to protect democracy."

But it wasnt a Secret Service agent who fired at the woman. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund said that it was a Capitol Police officer who was responsible for the shooting and has been placed on administrative leave. PolitiFact rated Brostoffs claim False.

Footage from a 2017 demonstration began circulating on Facebook this week that depicts police officers escorting a group of people many in wheelchairs down a hallway in the capitol building as they chant in unison.

But many people are confusing it with the events that happened in Washington last week, when a mob of President Donald Trumps supporters stormed the Capitol.PolitiFact rated these claims False.

One popular Facebook posttargeted four Democratic women in Congress by superimposing their faces in front of burning buildings: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Each photo includes a quote purportedly from the lawmaker that sounds like she is stoking unrest. The post claims these are "direct quotes" from when Black Lives Matter "was BURNING down cities and killing people in the streets!"

Some of the quotes are legitimate, but some are outdated and unrelated to the Black Lives Matter protests, and others are taken out of context.PolitiFact rated the postMostly False.

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From antifa to the man in the horned fur hat: PolitiFact checked the gamut of claims about the Capitol riot. Here is a run down. - Austin...

The following is a column of opinion and analysis. One of the saving graces of Americas greatness has been its 220-year legacy of peaceful, election-based transfers of power ever since a liberty-touting slaveowner named Thomas Jefferson took the reins in a similarly contentious race.

Last Wednesday, we tasted the political volatility with which so much of the rest of the world remains tragically familiar: one where the people must wait with bated breath after votes are tallied to find out whether the winner actually wins.

Multiple dice rolls had to come up 7 to avert a protracted constitutional crisis. Senate aides had to rescue the mahogany boxes containing the Electoral College votes, Vice President Mike Pence had to refuse to act like a robotic henchling, the storming of the Capitol had to backfire and force some Republican instigators to subsequently withdrew their objections to certification.

One cant help but wonder, had the Democratic Party brass and the pundit class not frightened rank-and-file primary-goers into putting their progressive aspirations on hold, would the same deference have been paid to self-avowed socialist Bernie Sanders?

Did Joe Bidens past opposition to desegregative busing, his tough on crime and Social Security-cutting triangulations, his time served as veep under the Deporter-in-Chief and Drone President, his billionaire campaign donors and looming cabinet of neoliberal shills in sum, his generic status as the Establishments establishment politician add up, in the recesses of enough of his right-wing opponents subconsciouses, to a comfortably corrupt return to normalcy?

How many more self-described patriots and prominent co-conspirators would have amassed in Washington at the Presidents incitement had a more ostensible Red Scare been on the verge of occupying the White House?

Like the child monster in The Twilight Zone with godlike powers of wish fulfillment, Donald Trump at long last seemed to display, if not shame or horror, at least some realization that his words brought us to a precipice. Such a narrow escape, however, can't offer much solace for anyone with a faith in democracy left to shake. These events have damaged the nave assumption that underneath all our vitriol, bad faith and bombast, given a crisis, well come together around a common purpose. The accelerating pandemic that continues to ravage our families has invalidated any bromides.

The scenes of chaos at the Capitol do not reflect the true America, do not represent who we are, Biden said.

Dont they though? Perhaps the rioters who besieged federal property over the past year under the diametrically antagonistic banners of antifa and of MAGA understand this nation far better than middle-of-the-road liberals and conservatives who had the gall to act surprised by this weeks abortive putsch. Democratic institutions dont stay aloft on autopilot, and court rulings and parliamentary procedures alone cant suffice to save us from demagogues, white nationalists and assorted conspiracist dittoheads in the future.

Instead of sighs of relief, we on the Left ought to be green with envy: if the Right can mobilize over fake crises, why couldnt we match their caliber of dedication in 2016 over a real one? Why werent Trumps pledges to bring back torture worse than water boarding, to go after family members of suspected terrorists, to deport en masse 11 million undocumented residents the logistics of which would surpass the Tear of Tears and Japanese internment in atrocity sufficient cause then to deplatform his hate?

Luck allowed us to bank on his failure to keep those promises, but had the military been amenable, is there any doubt he would have deployed it to indefinitely delay his departure? Why didnt we use any means necessary to prevent this man from ever taking office? In addition to the immigrant kids who died in their cages and untold innocent civilians scorched from afar, hundreds of thousands of Americans who perished amid a pandemic the White House all but ignored might be alive right now.

So, dont be fooled by the soothing portrayals of manifested destiny that may follow on Inauguration Day: the anti-fascists were correct all along.

Kevin Sanchez is a lifelong socialist who sometimes writes columns for the Current.Stay on top of San Antonio news and views. Sign up for our Weekly Headlines Newsletter.

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Last week's Capitol insurrection shows that antifa was right - San Antonio Current

Reports have surfaced Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, privately urged President Donald Trump Monday to recognize President-elect Joe Biden won the election and accept that the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week were Trump supporters, not members of the leftist group Antifa.

Together with an account Tuesday that McCarthy has floated the idea of asking the president to step down, the anonymously sourced reports suggest the House minority leader's famed loyalty to the president may have diminished in the aftermath of the deadly riot.

The online news service Axios reported McCarthy rebuked Trump on Monday in a "tense, 30-minute-plus call," at one point interrupting a presidential rant about election fraud to say, "Stop it. It's over. The election is over."

The Axios report, citing two unnamed sources including one at the White House, said McCarthy countered the president's insistence "Antifa people" were responsible for Wednesday's riot, in which a Capital Police officer was killed along with four others as a large crowd forced its way into and vandalized the halls of Congress.

"It's not Antifa, it's MAGA," McCarthy was quoted as saying, using the acronym for the president's call to "Make America Great Again."

"I know," McCarthy reportedly continued, "I was there."

McCarthy and his aides did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday. Neither did the White House.

The reported exchanges may mean that, behind the congressman's public and politically costly support for Trump, the congressman is privately pushing the president to meet the national crisis in part by dropping some of his more contentious claims.

McCarthy has twice recounted recent phone conversations with the president in which the congressman said he called for urgent action.

The first was around Christmas when, McCarthy told The Californian, he spent days trying to persuade the president to sign a bill extending federal unemployment benefits and offering individuals a $600 stimulus check. Trump was initially against it but ultimately signed the bill.

The other instance McCarthy recalled was during the riot, when he told CBS News he had asked the president "to talk to the nation to tell them to stop this."

One implication is that McCarthy has exceptional access to the president. By contrast, The New York Times reported Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky another Republican leader in Congresshas not spoken with Trump since mid-December.

McCarthy has said the Central Valley benefits from his close relationship with Trump. But there has been a political price to pay: Since the riot, which was followed hours later by McCarthy voting against certifying the results of the Electoral College, at least four members of the House have called for the congressman to resign.

Publicly, McCarthy has called the riot "unacceptable, undemocratic and unAmerican." Speaking on the floor of the House after the riot, he said members of Congress should work to solve the nation's problems through debate and to unite in "condemning the mob together."

Recent news reports raise questions about McCarthy's loyalty to Trump.

The Timesreported McCarthy had asked fellow Republicans whether he should call on the president to resign in the aftermath of the riot.

The Times, citing three unidentified Republican officials briefed on the conversations, added that McCarthy and other party leaders have opted not to lobby fellow Republicans to vote against impeaching the president, even as the minority leader publicly opposes such a move.

Axios reported that during Monday's call with the president McCarthy specifically recommended Trump call and even meet with Biden, thereby following tradition, then leave a welcome letter for the president-elect on the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office of the White House. Trump indicated he had not decided whether to leave such a letter, Axios wrote.

Trump said at a rally shortly before last week's riot he would "never concede" the election. The next day White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino posted on Twitter there will be an "orderly transition" at Biden's inauguration Jan. 20.

Several news organizations have reported McCarthy told House Republicans in a conference call Monday the president had acknowledged some responsibility for the riot.

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QAnon is a pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Believers think that Donald Trump is fighting against Satan worshipping pedophiles who control all aspects of life, such as the media. Many of those who invaded the U.S. Capitol were believers in QAnon, such as Ashley Babbitt.

How did it start?

An anonymous user by the name of Q posted messages on a 4chan message board. The user claimed to have Q level security clearance at the U.S. government. The user would continue posting and gained a following of thousands.

Followers believe that Q intentionally posts some false information, which makes it harder to disprove QAnons ideologies to its supporters.

Impacts of QAnon:

Ashli Babbitt, a supposed follower of QAnon, attempted to break into the Capitol building and was shot and killed.

QAnon believers have made threats, attacked public figures, and obstructed public areas while heavily armed. Eric Trump, Donald Trumps son, reposted a QAnon meme, and Donald Trump retweeted supporters of QAnon. Donald Trump seemingly endorsing QAnon affects peoples support of the theory.

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While publicly condemning the violence at the U.S. Capitol, Virginia Republican Party Chair Rich Anderson claimed on social media Thursday there is anecdotal evidence that antifa helped storm the Capitol building, despite law-enforcements assertions there is no evidence they played a role in the attack.

U.S. Department of Justice officialstold reporterson Friday that there isno indicationthat anti-fascist activists were involved in the Capitol attack that left five dead, including a Capitol police officer.

Anderson, a former Woodbridge-area state delegate, said in a private group Facebook post Thursday that he was informed by people present during the attack that the group leading the charge in the Capitol building used the signature tactics of antifa and other leftist groups.

Last night and this morning, I spoke to Virginia Republicans who were present on Capitol Hill on Wednesday and who personally witnessed the group that led the penetration of the U.S. Capitol, Anderson wrote. ... According to these eyewitness accounts from who I know and trust, this group appeared to employ the signature strategies of antifa and other leftist groups.

In the post, Anderson also expressed his strong support for President Donald Trump and for the thousands who rallied peacefully on Wednesday. I worked my fingers to the bone on [Trumps] behalf, first as a member of the General Assembly and then as chairman of the Republican Party of Virginia, he wrote.

Anderson declined to answer questions about the social media post Friday but noted that he believes the full picture of what transpired on Capitol Hill is still taking shape.

Investigations in the coming days will look into fixing responsibility and pursuing follow-on prosecutions of violent actors, Anderson said in an email.

Numerous livestreamed videos and photos showed thousands of pro-Trump supporters attacking and breaching the Capitol building on Wednesday. The attackers were caught on videosmashing windows,fightingwith police officers and trashing the offices of elected officials.

A Capitol police officer, Brian Sicknick, 42, of Springfield, was killed inside the building after reportedly being bludgeoned with a fire extinguisher. A woman trying to force her way through a broken window inside the building was shot and killed by Capitol police. Three others involved in the attack died after experiencing medical emergencies, according to law enforcement.

In apublic statementWednesday, Anderson condemned in the strongest possible terms the violence that occurred on Wednesday.

They neither represent nor speak for the Republican Party of Virginia, our fellow citizens, or any civilized people. They do not reflect our views, our values, or the Republican Creed. I and Virginia Republicans across our great commonwealth condemn these despicable acts without reservation or hesitation, Andersons statement said.

But Anderson said on Friday that he would not be commenting on the attack on the Capitol for the foreseeable future.

I think its time for all parties to tame their tongues, lower the temperature, and let healing begin, Anderson said. I wont add to that by speaking further on the Capitol tragedy during an extraordinarily divisive time in the life of our country. The war of words about Wednesdays tragedy must cease so that investigations may proceed, facts are established, and truth has emerged.

Reach Daniel Berti at dberti@fauquier.com

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