Dude who stormed the Capitol was given asylum in Belarus today.

[Yorkie Mom]

Link to tweet

[SheltieLover]

1. Can his US citizenship be stripped?

Guessing not but I think that would be fitting!

[ornotna]

2. A true patriot

[Takket]

3. he'll enjoy it there, since he seems to love countries run by spineless puppets of Putin

[pwb]

4. Another tough guy running away.

to Pooty. His comrade little man. Trumps next?

[C_U_L8R]

5. He'll make good cannon fodder

[Ritabert]

6. That'll be worse than a jail sentence here

....plus if he gets tired of Lukashenko's dictatorial tendencies ....good luck.

[Achilleaze]

7. Another Republican traitor squirming away from justice

Off to Siberia with the Republican traitors...

[Brother Buzz]

8. He's a self described bipolar and, well, he has some issues

This is one hell of a read on him and I hope it doesn't disappear behing a paywall

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/on-the-lam-santa-rosa-native-and-capitol-rioter-now-seeking-political-asyl/

He fled the country Feb. 16 (2021), flew to Italy and made his way to western Ukraine, where he rented an apartment for several months. Fearing extradition, he then trekked on foot through forests and swampland, braving quicksand, vipers and wild boar, he later recounted. Then he crossed into Belarus, a Russian client state ruled by Alexander Lukashenko, often described as Europe’s last dictator.

[A HERETIC I AM]

18. What, no R.O.U.S.'s? Really?

Fearing extradition, he then trekked on foot through forests and swampland, braving quicksand, vipers and wild boar, he later recounted.

I mean, if you’re going to make up a bullshit story of an epic trek through quicksand, viper and wild boar infested territory, might as well include one of these, for crying out loud.



I’ll bet he at least stormed a castle or two on the way.

Quicksand? Seriously? Jesus Second Unit Production Manager Christ on a film dolly, what the ever living fuck?

Asshole probably took the train.

What a douche.

[Brother Buzz]

20. He dumped his puny Mill Valley home real quick and bolted with a $1.3 million

Hiring a driver might have been even simpler.

[Sanity Claws]

9. I'll bet he is already regretting it

He turns 50 this year.
Can you imagine being that old and thinking it is easy to give up everything you have and start over? My guess is that he didn't have much in his life - no established career, no family, etc.

[mitch96]

12. It will be interesting to see how long his family can stand it... New language, new customs

Can he get a job? Will he be "conscripted"? Big risk...

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[Sanity Claws]

13. Did his family go with him?

I didn't see that in the article. I just read that he was granted asylum.

[shanti]

19. The family he left back in Mill Valley

They did not follow him. Let's see how long it takes for him to come running back home.

[Celerity]

23. As Neumann himself put it in that Design-legends.com interview, "I was a volatile teenager and did

not graduate high school. In lieu of college, I lived around central and Eastern Europe, learning the languages and culture, always living with and among locals” — in cities including Dresden, Munich, Prague, Moscow and Kyiv.

According to one of his LinkedIn profiles, Neumann participated in the Ukrainian Orange Revolution. An orange scarf, a memento from those massive, pro-Democracy protests in 2004 and 2005, was draped around his neck at the U.S. Capitol riot, clashing both aesthetically and ideologically with his red MAGA ball cap.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/on-the-lam-santa-rosa-native-and-capitol-rioter-now-seeking-political-asyl/

[BlueIdaho]

10. Putin's Pal

Send him to the front lines.

[NBachers]

11. He'll be grabbed when he gets off the plane in the USA.

[relayerbob]

14. Good. Let's send his buddies over there, too

They all think they lost their freedumbs byt wearing a mask. Let them live behind the Iron curtain for awhile. And, by "a while", I mean, forever. Strip them of their passports and US citizenship.

[moondust]

15. Time to learn Belarusian.

As if...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. This asshole deserves to be exiled

[Iggo]

17. Can we send them all there?

Still can’t believe Dude actually ran to a REAL dictatorship. What a fucking maroon.

[renate]

21. Enjoy, dude.

Wow. Considering the slaps on the wrist that these people have been getting when they stay here, he's stlll going to stay in Belarus? I guess he really does love autocracy. Good for him for sticking with his weird beliefs.

[Demovictory9]

22. stay there