Meet Michigan insurrectionist Audra Johnson.
Facebook photo found at Forum Daily, "Voice of Russiani-Speaking America"
Bridge Michigan, 5/25/2021
In a series of Facebook videos she posted from Washington D.C. in the aftermath of the insurrection, Johnson told supporters she “saw everything” from outside. (She later told Bridge she didn’t see anyone break into the Capitol.) [She lied, in other words.]
“This is God-fearing American-loving citizens who have had enough,” she said in a Jan. 6 video shared with Facebook friends but not currently public.
“And to be honest, I don’t blame them. We have warned people over and over and over again that you cannot take our freedoms. We won't stand for election fraud.”
In another video posted the next day, Johnson told her Facebook followers that “Trump is our leader” and said she did not yet think the election fight was over.
Audra is running in Michigan 3rd Congressional District, currnetly held by Republican Peter Meijer, one of 10 GOP House members who voted fdor Trump's iompeachment in January. He defeated his Democratic challenger by 6 percentage points.
Trump's share of the vote in the 3rd district declined by 0.9 percentage points in 2020, from 51.6% to 50.7%. Biden improved the Democrats share by 5.2 percentage points, from 42.2% to 47.4%.
Your 15 minutes are up, Audra.
5/27/2021 update starts here
Meet Michigan insurrectionist Jason Howland.
“It’s not an insurrection when everybody’s carrying a flag for the country that they’re saying they’re trying to overthrow, chanting USA, USA,” Howland, who is campaigning for the 31st District state House, previously told Bridge.
According to the footage reviewed by Bridge: The crowd outside the U.S. Capitol was growing restless about 1:50 p.m. on Jan. 6 when Howland, just rows back from a line of police blocking a stairwell, turned around and appeared to shout “let’s go” while Kelley filmed from further back.
As other rioters later pushed past police, with one person spraying a liquid substance and another striking an officer with a Trump flag, Howland disappeared in the crowd rushing up the stairs. Kelley appeared to distance himself from the fray and did not immediately join the push.
William Sowerby, a Democrat, has represented the Michigan House 31st district since 2016. The district is located in Macomb County in northeastern suburban Detroit. He won re-election in 2020 by a nearly 13 percentage point margin. It's been a Democratic district since 1991.
Best o' luck, Jase!
5/26/2021 Angela Rigas edition
Photo credit: Ballotpedia
Bridge Michigan, 5/25/2021
“I didn't expect to be called an insurrectionist or a terrorist or even a treasonist,” Rigas said in April. “I have to say, looking at things now, I consider all of those terms a compliment, because our Founding Fathers were called all the same things. So if you want to call me that, I'll take it.”
It's all about primary election positioning.
Rigas is not a newcomer. In 2014, she lost the GOP primary in gerrymandered 86th Distrcit of the Michigan House of Representatives. The incumbent beat her by more than 40 percentage points. No contest.
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