Michael Smerconish: QAnon Shaman Running For Congress

Source:Michael Smerconish with a look at QAnon Shaman.

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From Michael Smerconish 

"Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley (born 1988),[1] also known as the QAnon Shaman,[2] Q Shaman,[1][3] and Yellowstone Wolf,[4][5] is an American alt-right conspiracy theorist and activist who participated in the January 6 attack on the United States Capitol,[6][7] for which he was convicted of felony charges of obstructing an official proceeding. He has been a supporter of President Donald Trump and a believer and disseminator of the QAnon conspiracy theory.[8][9][10]

Chansley attended demonstrations in the Phoenix, Arizona, area starting around 2019, in particular in a march for climate.[11][12] At rallies, he promoted conspiracy theories supporting Trump, and he has been a counterprotestor at Black Lives Matter events. His appearance, with face paint utilizing the colors and symbols of the American flag and a headdress made of animal fur, helped to establish his shaman nicknames.

After being photographed taking part in the January 6 storming of the Capitol, Chansley was arrested on January 9 on federal charges of "knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds".[13][14][15] He pleaded guilty to a single charge in September, and was sentenced to 41 months (3.4 yr) in prison in November 2021.[16] He served out a portion of his sentence at Federal Correctional Institution - Safford in Safford, Arizona,[17] and was transferred to a halfway house on March 28, 2023,[18][19][20] from which he was released on May 25, 2023.[21]

In November 2023, Chansley filed a candidate statement of interest to run as a Libertarian in the 2024 election for Arizona's 8th congressional district." 

From Wikipedia 

Just to answer the question whether or not Jacob Chansley (better known as QAnon Shaman should be eligible to vote and run for office as a convicted felon: I believe as a Liberal Democrat (meaning someone who believes in liberal democracy) once you've paid your price and have done your time, especially when you've pleaded guilty for your crime or crimes, yes, you should not only be eligible to vote, but also run for Federal office. 

American convicted felons are American citizens as well and once they're out of prison and have fully paid their price to society, they should get their democratic rights back. Especially felons who've pleaded guilty and have taken responsibility for their crimes. Even for people who don't believe in democracy, (and when you are an insurrectionist , you obviously don't believe in democracy) you still have the same democratic rights as people who not just believe in democracy, but love democracy, and vote whenever they can. And this apples to Communists in America who don't believe in democracy, as well as the far-right in America who don't believe in democracy either. 

As far as QAnon Shaman: I guess he's having a hard time finding a job right now, even with the unemployment rate under 4% in this country. Maybe he's just looking for a way to get onto the taxpayer funded payroll and is looking for cushy job that pays in the 6 figures, where he only has to show up to work 6-8 months out of the year, but gets paid a full-time salary for less than part-time work. Which might be why he's running for the U.S. House of Representatives, which is a perfect place for people who don't want to work, at least not very much, but who make good money and get to talk a lot and not even have to make sense while they're speaking. 

I'm not worried about an insurrectionist serving in the House of Representatives. Why? Because they're already there? As many as 80-90 House Republicans are still officially denying that Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election. If Shaman gets elected to the House from Arizona, he would probably just be replacing another far-rightist, or get defeated by a mainstream Democrat in a 3-way race.

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