Jan. 6 rioter who was a Princeton sophomore is sentenced to prison for role in attack - eviltoast
Larry Giberson joined the mob in the tunnel during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Larry Giberson joined the mob in the tunnel during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    104·
    1 year ago

    Giberson’s mother said that for her son, the 2020 election was like watching his favorite baseball team on a World Series run.

    Both of them are fucking morons.

    • Zombiepirate@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      1 year ago

      Giberson, a political science major who specialized in "American ideas and institutions,” told FBI special agents he wanted to be at the Capitol to “support the parties that were making decisions regarding the certification of the electoral college, and that he was there to encourage what he believed to be the ‘correct’ certification.”

      Further evidence to bolster the point

    • papertowels@lemmy.one
      24·
      1 year ago

      Literally the problem with American politics. If you make a political party your identity, any attack on the politicians becomes a personal attack.