Capitol rioter: I am a Democrat who didn't support Trump

[turbinetree]

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
today

A Maryland man who pleaded guilty to joining the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol says he is a registered Democrat who wasn’t a supporter of former President Donald Trump and found himself at the scene as an “accidental tourist.” Prosecutors counter that he appeared to be proud of his actions that day.

Robert Reeder, 55, took a train to Washington, D.C., to hear Trump’s speech on Jan. 6 because he had “nothing better to do,” his lawyer said in a court filing Wednesday. Reeder made a “spur of the moment decision and regrettable mistake” when he attended the rally and followed a crowd of people to the Capitol after the speech, the attorney wrote.

“Mr. Reeder is not politically active, is not and has never been a member of any right-wing or anti-government or extremist group and has, unfortunately, been publicly grouped with many others (whose) views he abhors,” defense attorney Robert Bonsib wrote.

https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-3c2874023609f21e04c122cbc798d224

BS....throw away the GD key and fine his ass and give him the maximum jail sentence....now's he going around saying he is democrat.....fucking gaslighting....you were there...

[dalton99a]

1. "WE had to do battle with the police inside"

Later, Reeder captures himself as he leaves the building.

“I’m leaving now, I got tear-gassed at least four times inside the Capitol,” Reeder said. “I saw the lady they say got shot, I walked right past her in a pool of blood. And it’s just completely crazy in there.”

Reeder told the camera he was one of the last people out.

“Got shot with pepper balls. It was f****** nuts!” he said. “We had to do battle with the police inside. It was crazy, absolutely insane.”

[Silent3]

13. Any why, pray tell, did you have to be inside the Capitol in the first palce?

As if he had no choice other than to follow the mob through the broken down doors and windows.

[Faux pas]

2. They're

all a bunch of lying sacks. I say we give them all their own private island somewhere in hurricane ally and forget about them.

[calimary]

3. Uh... well then what the hell was he doing there anyway?

Boredom is one thing. Stupidity is quite another. He had time to see things start to go sour - and LEAVE.

"Accidental tourist" my ass.

NO self-respecting Democrat would have gone near any of that, on that day. Yeah, okay, curiosity may lead you to check out the speech and the crowd for it. But then, JEEZ! As you see the rhetoric start to heat up and the crowd starting to look like it's spoiling for a fight, that's the time for the curious-civilians-with-time-on-their-hands to LEAVE.

Not believing you, Reeder. Nobody held a gun to your head and made you do it. Dork.

[lark]

4. Think this is a truism - repugs are liars

This guy is lying and bragging about fighting police, he is no Democrat, he is a lying rightie trumpist toad.

[Baltimike]

5. LOTS of closeted right wingers registered as dems in Maryland, I am sorry to say

They think they have no voice otherwise. They also claim that they are bipartisan, since they're voting for Republicans. I wish it weren't true, but it is.

I mean, idk about THIS guy in particular, but there are LOTS of registered dems here who are really Republicans. The rest say they're "independent"

[Hortensis]

10. Yes. Some conservatives in various areas still register Democrat

but reliably vote conservative.

This guy could be from the anti-Democratic Party left, though. A fair number of those see Republicans as "the enemy of my enemy" allies in defeating Democrats. Notably, just like the conservative insurrectionists, they also see democracy as a problem keeping them from wresting power from the far larger Democratic mainstream.

Glad they got him.

[tishaLA]

6. ....

[Thomas Hurt]

7. I suppose this is possible, but I seriously doubt it. Odds are, he is lyin sack.

[Vinca]

8. Let me guess, not only was he a Democrat, he was Antifa, too.

This is one of the more creative stories anyway.

[Ohio Joe]

9. It does not matter one bit...

The set up... How he ended up being there matters little. If true, he has nothing to plea bargain with and if false he is a typical cultist, willing to lie about anything and still has nothing to plea bargain with. So regardless, he recorded what he did and did in fact do the crimes... He should pay the price.

[stillcool]

11. sounds like Joe Manchin

[Sogo]

12. This.

[dalton99a]

14. +1

[lagomorph777]

15. Huh, no longer proud to be a trumper?

Now, I've seen it all.

Fucking liar.

[getagrip_already]

16. yuh, right, dems wear red maga hats and go to trump rallies out of boredom

then fight their way into the capitol and brag about it on rwnj sites.

Ok. Sounds reasonable. About as reasonable as the world is flat.

[jimfields33]

19. They said he was registered Democratic Party

Possible that he changed and never changed his registration.

[getagrip_already]

20. There surely are registered dem's who are hat wearing rwnj's.....

Doesn't mean they are dems. It's just a box you choose when registering, and it can be changed anytime - say 1/19......

[LanternWaste]

22. Yo man, sure... he alleged as such.

Just as possible he simply lied.

[jimfields33]

24. Absolutely true!

I was hoping the reporter would have looked it up.

Like others said, “it doesn’t matter as he turned into crap anyway.”

[FreepFryer]

17. "We had to do battle w the police inside the Capitol" said no credible person ever (Nt)

[tanyev]

26. See also, went to Trump's rally because he had "nothing better to do".

I would rather spend all day watching paint dry than go to a Trump rally.

[brush]

18. Yeah, sure, buddy. Who do ya think you're kidding?

[Champp]

21. He's just another pathetic Republican liar

afraid to own his own Republican delusions, lies, and acts of treason.

Sad.

[BradAllison]

23. "I'm completely full of shit" n/m

[Progressive Jones]

25. He's a fucking liar. nt

[tenderfoot]

27. Who cares? He was there. He knew it was wrong.

End of story.

[Mr.Bill]

28. Yeah, whenever I see people crashing through barricades and

assaulting police, I aways follow them just out of curiosity to see what they are doing.

[durablend]

29. Crisis actor

They probably put him up to it

"See, *snort* both sides are responsible!"