Outspoken gay Trump supporter Brandon Straka, who is perhaps best known for throwing a hissy fit last June when he was kicked off a plane for refusing to wear a mask, was just arrested in Omaha, Nebraska for his alleged role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol earlier this month.
The 44-year-old “former liberal” was taken into custody yesterday by FBI agents. He is charged with impeding a law enforcement officer during civil disorder, knowingly entering and remaining on restricted grounds without lawful authority and/or engaging in disorderly conduct within proximity to a restricted building to impede official functions, and engaging in disorderly conduct with intent to disturb a hearing before Congress.
Brandon Straka, founder of the "Walk Away" campaign who describes himself as a "former liberal," charged in the Capitol insurrection: https://t.co/K7JehAdInz pic.twitter.com/pxh9zVhfYK
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) January 25, 2021
According to court documents, FBI officials identified Straka from a since-deleted video he posted to his own social media page in which he could be heard shouting “Go! Go!” to the other insurrectionists as they stormed inside the U.S. Capitol building.
Officials were also able to tie Straka to the insurrection based on several since-deleted posts from his Twitter account, including:
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- “Patriots at the Capitol – HOLD. THE. LINE!!!!”
- “I arrived at the Capitol a few hours ago as Patriots were storming from all sides. I was quite close to entering myself as police began tear-gassing us from the door. I inhaled tear gas & got it in my eyes. Patriots began exiting shortly after saying Congress had been cleared.”
- “I’m completely confused. For 6-8 weeks everybody on the right has been saying ‘1776!’ & that if congress moves forward it will mean a revolution! So congress moves forward. Patriots storm the Capitol – now everybody is virtual signaling their embarrassment that this happened.”
- “Also- be embarrassed & hide if you need to- but I was there. It was not Antifa at the Capitol. It was freedom loving Patriots who were DESPERATE to fight for the final hope of our Republic because literally nobody cares about them. Everyone else can denounce them. I will not.”
- “Perhaps I missed the part where it was agreed this would be a revolution of ice cream cones & hair-braiding parties to take our government back from lying, cheating globally interested swamp parasites. My bad.”
Multiple other people sent the FBI videos that reportedly showed Straka at the Capitol building on January 6. In one of the clips, he allegedly tells the mob, “We’re going in!” In another, he allegedly orders them to attack a police officer, yelling, “Take the shield! Take it! Take it!”
Straka is currently in federal custody. He is expected to make his first court appearance later today.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Mister P
Take away his princess points.
HMFan
And go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO, do not collect $200, do not resist the big hairy men who will make you their plaything.
Harley
Incels will be incels.
nm4047
not quite sure what your reference to celibacy is?
Creamsicle
More content of these domestic terrorists getting their comeuppance, please and thank you.
Cam
I love the same lie that all of the right wingers try. The all claim they USED to be liberals….but then….
LOL, yeah, sure they were.
TomG
Everyone has an excuse for everything these days, and they are no different.
rand503
Most of the time, they claim that they were a liberal, but then one time some liberal was really really mean to them. So now they are full in with Trump, and now they can be really really back.
I remember when having debates over marriage equality, there would always be some fool who said, “I used to be in favor of gay rights, but then a gay man was really mean to me one time, or I attended a gay rights parade and was disgusted, or I came to understand that gays really want world domination. So now I’m totally against any rights.”
I would call them on it and say, no, you are just saying that you supported us to make it look like you are reasonable but then we made unreasonable demands. It’s just BS.
Steve9999
Bwaaahahaaahhahaaa they REALLY are as stupid as we all thought!!!!
ScottOnEarth
Former liberal…current & eternal idiot.
TomG
Low educated is more apropos.
Kangol2
@TomG, some of Don the Con’s supporters are very highly educated, with elite educations to top it off. How else do you account for the likes of Princeton honors and Harvard Law grad Ted Cruz or Josh Hawley, who holds degrees from Yale and Stanford, or Lou Dobbs, who also graduated from Harvard, etc.?
butchqueen
Look at his hair…
DK
44? My word, Trump’s QAnon Rethuglikkklan #MAGATerrorists age like crap.
drumstick
I followed this guy on Twitter for sh*ts and giggles. But he was openly advocating sedition prior to Jan 6. And I let him know it, but it was lost in the flood of praise from Russian bots. In the end, this poor Kween was looking for his 15 minutes of fame…and now he will have a lifetime of infamy…
DuMaurier
The thing that intrigued me about the headline turned out to be misleading. He wasn’t arrested just for “bragging on social media” but because there appears to be a mountain of visual and witness evidence supporting the alleged crime.
Larry
I just do not get people who think advertising you have done something illegal on social media is a good plan!!! Even a 3rd grader understands this.
Man About Town
My guess is it’s because they’re so sure of their “patriotic duty” that they don’t even care if it’s legal or not.
Celtic
Perhaps he will be placed in a cell with a Proud Boy. That could become interesting, if he survives it.
toddlicious
This guy is a coo-coo-do nut job. LOCK HER UP!
Caine
does anyone know if they arrested Mark Hutt the gay for Trump who posted photos of himself in the Capital bathroom?
Dijonaise
If you are a queer Cheetolini stan, just go ahead and eat a bullet. You are a self hating aberration and of no use to the planet. You don’t need to be hanging around making us all look bad.
Major
“I was just following orders” didn’t stand up at the Nuremburg Trials and I hope it doesn’t work on these traitors.
BrokebackBob
Don’t talk him up, LOCK HIM UP!
marshal phillips
Revoke his Gay card.
RandomGuy
You can’t sit with us!
Rock Star
Gay traitors are equal to straight traitors. Equality is for everyone.
Imjustsaying
Please tell this Braintrust that a Patriot supports their Government, not try to over throw it.
Tombear
Bye Felicia!
ShiningSex
any supporter of trump is an idiot.
plazaro1
A Gay TrumpTerrorist…? lol, what a sad and sorry affair. #ByeFelicia
arie570
The only thing I believe he says is true is that Trump told them to do this.
He told them and he deserves to be punished as well as everyone else.
jrmat654
Maybe he and all the trumpidiots are right. Our Congress is worthless. Now the Republicans don’t want to hold the orange bastard accountable. Truly shameful.
dhm23455
This guy along with hundreds of others thought that TRUMP would protect them and even pardon all those who might go to jail.
Look as their ‘fearless’ leader, in debt, money collectors at his door, despised by neighbors and a laughing stock to the world. IF there is any solace, anyone connected with the ‘TRUMP’ name will be avoided and cast aside.
The irony is that all his supporters are PISSED – he screwed over all of them – and THEY will take their revenge and hatred on him and his family.
I’m going to be sitting back watching while I’m eating my popcorn.
As it is said,’THE JIG IS UP’
Ginger Tom
Isn’t it gratifying that sometimes people who show off and boast about their appalling behaviour really do get their comeuppance sometimes?
Tombear
It’s called male menopause!