US Marine veteran Ruben Gallego as violent MAGA extremists were overrunning the Capitol 1/6/2021
Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
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[Speaking about this moment on January 6th, Gallego said:](https://youtu.be/EbKYEg9Eies)
>People are hyperventilating.
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>It was just bad. They were scared. I mean they were really, really scared.
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>I was an infantryman in the united states marine corps. I had to deal with some very aggressive crowds when I was in Iraq.
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>Individuals themselves aren’t usually a problem, but when they get collectively together, and they create a mob, the mob is the weapon.
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>I was ready to fight. I saw a lot of shit back in my day but I was not gonna die on the floor of the fucking house of representatives like i was not gonna get taken out by some insurrectionist bastard. My plan was to stab somebody in the eye and in the throat and take away their weapon and fight to survive.
This was US Marine combat veteran Ruben Gallego as violent MAGA insurrectionists were overrunning the Capitol on January 6th. He gathered fellow Democrats to prepare to fight if necessary. “I would have killed motherfuckers to save this democracy. Fuck those guys.”
It still blows my FREAKIN’ mind that Jan 6th wasn’t the end of it all… but no, not only was it not the end, but they were all pardoned. We are fucked.
Thanks for posting this OP. Any and everything to remember what actually went down that day is appreciated. The new regime has already removed video and photographic evidence from the DOJ website.
Meanwhile, Manly Man Josh Hawley is sprinting full-speed through the halls making Tina Belcher noises.
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) is a higher-quality and less-cropped version of this image. [Here](https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/staffers-and-members-wrestle-with-safety-hoods-from-under-news-photo/1230463229) is the source. Per there:
> Staffers and members wrestle with safety hoods from under the desks as protestors breach the Capitol building during the 117th Congress holds a joint session to certify the Presidential election results, in Washington, DC on January 06. Rep. Rep. Ruben Gallego(D-AZ) is standing on the chair directing traffic. (Photo by Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
I had a colleague who said, “nothing really happened, it wasn’t a big deal” in response to others talking about what a big deal Jan. 6th was.
No matter what you say or how you respond, you can’t change his mind.
It’s genuinely disheartening. In my eyes, they are brainwashed to a point of no return. I just don’t know how I can see eye-to-eye with someone who acts like that day “wasn’t a big deal.” But here we are.
Trump supporters are legally allowed to beat you within an inch of your life so long as they’re doing it for Trump. They’ll get a maga pardon and will be sent to commit more violence.
there is a class of brown shirts in this country now who are above the law and want to hurt anyone who isn’t a Trump supporter.
Props to Ruben Gallego for this moment but as an Arizonan and his constituent, I argue his voting record hasn’t always lined up with the values he shows in this moment of courage. Look him up, he voted for the Laken Riley Act, which was pushed by Republicans and criticized for its harsh immigration stance. He also voted to confirm the latest EPA chief, despite legitimate concerns from environmental advocates. Same goes for Mark Kelly and Greg Stanton also Arizona representatives. I personally emailed each of them and only got an auto reply from Mark Kelly’s office. Let’s not let one image like this form our opinions of our elected officials and keep them accountable.
Ruben Gallego served in the Marines from 2002-2006, losing his best friend in battle. He also founded the group Citizens For Professional Law Enforcement to recall longtime Piece of Shit Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
This is what an actual freedom fighter looks like.
To this day these people refer to themselves as Patriots. Pure comedy
Trump supporters are disgusting human scum.
Absolutely incredible that they let Trump run after this
I’m sure alpha male man’s man Josh Hawley was doing something similar
Ironically, if they sacked the capitol like they intended, it would have been a much better outcome than the world we live in today. No one would have been able to stomach that orange fuck afterward
Yeah look at how quickly him and Mark Kelly are fighting to be the next Sinema. Look how they vote not how they pose for pictures.
Trump supporters are the enemy within.
So glad I voted for Ruben Gellego.
And our president called those people “patriots”
MAGA is going to be mad that you’re championing somebody who isn’t a wannabe despot, and I think that’s hilarious. Daily reminder that anybody buying into Trump is bathing in the biggest moral dumpster fire in American politics…and that’s saying something
Violent extremists…who are now free
This picture will exist in any text that truthfully recounts our shameful history to future americans. We need a new Howard Zinn.
All while MTG and Boebart were tweeting exactly where the fuck they were. They should be jailed
Was that during Trumps peaceful get together? With the hangman’s gallows and dead cops and stuff?
Hey but it didn’t happen. It was peaceful and with love. /s
What are those plastic bags everywhere?
Bbbbbbut Biden pardoned people too!
This is the kinda shit that they should have used campaigning. This is a powerful image.
I keep seeing people refer to Jan 6th as ancient history, like it happened a quarter of a century ago. This shit is recent. People that were going into high school in 2021 haven’t even graduated yet. Our President has released the criminals that were there on Jan 6th, and now he’s acting in full power to dismantle our government with practically 0 checks and balances. This is bizarro world.
The fact that Trump was on the ballot after January 6th is a testament to how broken our system is.
My senator
Are those plastic bag looking things emergency gas masks?
That’s my Senator! Very happy to have 2 really great Americans as senators.
Thankfully your President declared this never happened and that it was simply “SUPER PATRIOTS” having a peaceful tour of the capitol.
Anything else is simply the “RADICAL LIBERALS” with their “FAKE NEWS” as he decreed in his executive orders and pardons for every single one of the “SUPER PATRIOTS”.
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I work with one of those lunatics and after seeing pics and listening to him rant like a mad man for a few days, I had em transfer me to a different location. They recently stopped allowing us to open carry while on the job, and I think some of that decision was about him. This is just my opinion, but if Trump didn’t wanna leave office,I’d bet a lot of these dudes would help him try to stay.
r/accidentalrenaissance
Never forget, wanna be tough guys like Ted Cruz hid in the supply closet.
Texas should be ashamed..