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csziggy

(34,131 posts)
2. We don't have to wonder - the 2000 participants have been identified
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 04:49 PM
Jul 2021

And can be tracked as to what they had to do with 1/6.



Participants
A partial list:[16]

Brad Blakeman, Republican strategist.[2]
Chuck Royal, legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.)[17]
Duane Gibson, a Don Young aide on the House Resources Committee who worked for Ted Stevens, then became a lobbyist associated with Jack Abramoff[18]
Garry Malphrus,[citation needed] who became deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council during the Bush administration
Jeff Bloemker,[citation needed] also a former aide to Sen. Thompson (R-TN)
Joel Kaplan, who became a policy advisor in the Bush administration, and later Vice President of U.S. Public Policy for Facebook, Inc[19][20]
Kevin Smith,[citation needed] a former GOP House aide
Layna McConkey Peltier, a former Senate and House aide[21]
Marjorie Strayer, an aide to New Mexico's Republican congresswoman, Heather Wilson.[8]
Matt Schlapp,[citation needed] a former Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-KS) House aide, becoming the White House political director during the Bush administration, and director of the American Conservative Union in 2014
Roger Morse,[citation needed] a former House aide who became a lobbyist
Roger Stone,[22] a self-described "GOP Hitman"[23] and former member of Nixon's Committee for the Re-Election of the President
Rory Cooper,[citation needed] a former staffer for the National Republican Congressional Committee
Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide to Senators Fred Thompson, Bill Frist, and in 2003, Representative Marsha Blackburn, and later became V.P. at Dollar General[24]
Tom Pyle, a former Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) staffer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot#Participants

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
5. My research on the Brook Brothers rioters
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 05:47 PM
Jul 2021

Tom Pyle - https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=22770: Tom Pyle, president of advocacy group American Energy Alliance

Chuck Royal - ?

Duane R Gibson is a lobbyist who was hired by 15 client(s) in 2020. https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/lobbyists/summary?cycle=2020&id=Y0000023816L

Roger Morse brings over twenty-five years of solid legislative policy, coalition building and campaign experience to Capitol Pathfinders. For nearly 20 years, he focused on policy issues for four members of the House of Representatives, including the Majority Leader. During that time, Mr. Morse organized and led a group of more than one hundred policy staffers that developed action items on policy and legislative matters in Congress. http://capitolpathfinders.com/page2.html

Matthew Schlapp is a Republican political consultant and strategist. He is currently the principal for the Alexandria-based Cove Strategies, a political consulting firm. Schlapp is also the chairman for the American Conservative Union, which also organizes CPAC, the annual conservative conference. Schlapp is on the board of directors for the American Conservative Union Foundation and the 60 Plus Foundation. Previously, he was the deputy assistant and political director to former President George W. Bush. https://ballotpedia.org/Matthew_Schlapp

Garry D. Malphrus - Deputy Chief Appellate Immigration Judge: Attorney General William P. Barr appointed Garry D. Malphrus as a Deputy Chief Appellate Immigration Judge in September 2020. https://www.justice.gov/eoir/board-of-immigration-appeals-bios#GarryMalphrus

Rory Cooper - Rory is a veteran brand and political strategist with expertise earned from high-level advising and consulting roles. At Purple, he leads advocacy and reputation campaigns for some of the world’s most recognized corporations and issue-based organizations. Rory joined Purple after serving as Communications Director for House Majority Leader Eric Cantor where he advised leadership on the party’s agenda and legislative priorities. https://purplestrategies.com/who-we-are/rory-cooper/

Kevin Smith - ?

Steven Brophy - Dollar General Vice President of Government Affairs Dollar General. https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=75057

Layna McConkey (Peltier) - Capitol Health Group Lobbyist https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=14823

Bradley Blakeman - lobbyist/head of 1600 Group which lobbies for the Teamster Union. https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=76147

Joel Kaplan, who became a policy advisor in the Bush administration, and later Vice President of U.S. Public Policy for Facebook, Inc[19][20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Kaplan

Marjorie Strayer (Prindle) joined The Livingston Group after nearly a decade of working on Capitol Hill and as a government relations consultant. She is currently Director of the Education and Non-Profits practice area. https://www.livingstongroupdc.com/about/bios/marjorie-strayer-prindle/

Roger Stone - we know what he's been up to

Solly Mack

(90,758 posts)
3. One localized and on a smaller scale and the other the larger version...
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 04:50 PM
Jul 2021

Get away with the inch, go for the mile.

Both wanted to stop election results. Both sought to interfere with an election.

One the count, the other the certification.

magicarpet

(14,119 posts)
6. Roger Stone the ReThug dirty trickster ran the Brooks Brothers revolt from the parking lot in ,...
Thu Jul 8, 2021, 06:01 PM
Jul 2021

.... his command center luxury travel home as he orchestrated the 2000 stop the Florida vote count.

Roger was hip deep in the 2021 US Capitol insurrection coup de'tat of Democracy to stop the vote count and declare trDUMP the emperor for life.

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