Are The January 6th Rioters Heroes? Just Ask Donald Trump.

For all the talk about how the Supreme Court may or may not support Trump’s argument that he has immunity from being charged with crimes which he committed during his Presidential term, there’s another case that will be heard by the Supremes on April 16th which might not only impact Trump’s legal situation but will also affect how more than 300 rioters were sentenced for their behavior on January 6th.

To make a short of a long of it, the case was brought to the courts by a retired Lt. Co. in the Air Force who was convicted of various crimes that he committed during the riot on January 6th.

Now this guy came all the way up to D.C. from Texas because he believed and evidently still believes that Trump’s 2020 election was stolen away from him, and he backed up his beliefs by running through the Capitol and engaging in various illegal acts.

How someone this fucking dumb gets to be a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force is beyond me. But there he was, caught on video wearing a riot helmet, riot gear and leading the troops around on the Senate floor (see picture above.)

This idiot didn’t ask to have his charge or conviction thrown out. He was appealing the decision of the judge in this case to give him a stiffer sentence, or what is called a ‘sentencing enhancement’ i.e…