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Marine Corps veteran convicted of carrying tomahawk inside Capitol on Jan. 6

www.wusa9.com /article/news/national/capitol-riots/marine-corps-veteran-convicted-of-carrying-tomahawk-inside-capitol-on-jan-6-alex-harkrider-ryan-nichols-texas-carthage-longview/65-ba4df3cf-fbb5-4e9a-b0ac-811be3c5b630

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Is that a bulletproof vest he’s wearing? And if so, why, if he didn’t know what he was going to that day?
- I mean, of all things that is the least incriminating.
  Gun nuts LOVE cosplaying and larping as "real" soldiers.
  In some of the shittier parts of the US I have even seen idiots wearing vests and masked tape name tags so that they can pretend they are active duty while in line at a mcdonalds. Felt fairly safe grabbing a bite to eat since I saw the pile of guns in the back of their pickup truck but...
  
  I mean, true, but it’s more evidence against the notion that he was only an uninformed innocent bystander who followed someone to a thing.
  
  Gun nuts LOVE cosplaying and larping as “real” soldiers.
  "I'm a Marine, not a soldier! GET IT RIGHT!!!" - the larping asshole, nerd raging; almost definitely.
- Defend America! from America! Hoo-ray!
  /s
- It appears to be a plate carrier sans plate.
  
  Cheaper and just for show? What’s the point?

More proof it was an antifa hoax, Tomahawks are like 20 feet long and way too heavy for even a patriot to lift /s

So, being convicted of multiple felonies probably gets your military pension suspended, right?
- Hes 36, so he didn't make it to the 20yr minimum for a military pension. 37/38 would be the minimum, depending on various things.
  His treason buddy, Nichols, is 32, so no chance there either.

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