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   From: pelosi.lied@jan6.org   
      
   On Halloween, Derrick Evans posted on social media a picture of himself in   
   an orange prison jumpsuit and his wife in a police uniform.   
      
   “As a J6 Political Prisoner,” Evans wrote, “this is still my favorite   
   Halloween costume.”   
      
   In January, he posted a photo of an ID badge and wrote, “Found this today:   
   It's my Prison ID from when they held me hostage as a January 6th   
   Political Prisoner.”   
      
   Evans, an admitted felon and Donald Trump acolyte, who spent three months   
   in federal prison, now wants to get back to the Capitol — but this time,   
   as an elected lawmaker.   
      
   Evans is running for the Republican nomination in West Virginia’s 1st   
   Congressional District — an overwhelmingly conservative area where the   
   Republican nominee is all but assured to win.   
   He is running from the right of incumbent Rep. Carol Miller, a Republican   
   who Evans dismissed in a recent social media post as “worse than a RINO,”   
   the political slur for “Republican in name only.”   
      
   Added Evans: “She is an undocumented Democrat.”   
      
   This week, Evans touted an endorsement from presidentially pardoned Trump   
   operative Roger Stone, who said, “Derrick did time in prison and even in   
   solitary confinement for standing with President Trump and protesting Joe   
   Biden's stolen election.”   
      
   Facebook post by Derrick Evans. (Facebook screen grab)   
      
   Evans also has endorsements from Trump loyalists Michael Flynn, the   
   retired general, and Mike Lindell, the bombastic pillow peddler.   
      
   Neither Evans nor Miller responded to Raw Story’s request for comment.   
      
   Evans has embraced January 6 as his primary brand. But he sprinkles racism   
   and Christian Nationalism into his public missives, as well.   
      
   A recent post by Evans on X invoked the racist “replacement theory” that   
   non-white immigrants are part of a plot to replace white political and   
   social power.   
      
   Another, seemingly random post, said, “Put Aunt Jemima back on the syrup   
   bottle,” a reference to the Quaker Oats company changing the name and   
   label of its famous brand by eliminating the racist caricature of a Black   
   woman.   
      
   He has also posted of the former first lady, “Who thinks Michelle Obama is   
   really a man?”   
      
   In a recent post, Evans complained that “Christian tax dollars” were being   
   used to paint rainbow sidewalks, and another post said, simply, “You can   
   follow the science. I’m going to continue following Jesus.”   
      
   Go to Evans’ website and you’ll find a page that might cause you to   
   believe the site is hacked.   
      
   “J6 PRISONER running for U.S. CONGRESS,” it says under a photo of a man in   
   a gray hoodie leaving a building and looking down. “Standing U.S.   
   Legislator Arrested and Imprisoned. MEET DERRICK EVANS.”   
      
   But it isn’t a hack. It’s Evans’ sales pitch.   
      
   A fundraising page on Evans’ campaign website says, “When I take my seat   
   in Congress, we will turn the tables and the hunters will become the   
   hunted. Mark my words, they fear Patriots like President Trump and myself.   
   Bogus charges are all they have left.”   
      
   ‘The revolution has started!’   
   Evans, a member of West Virginia’s House of Delegates before resigning   
   after his arrest, has amassed a large social media following.   
      
   He admitted in court documents that he posted inflammatory messages on   
   social media promoting Trump’s speech on January 6, 2021. They included an   
   image that said, “A STORM IS COMING … AND THERE IS NOTHING THE LEFT CAN DO   
   TO STOP IT!” Another said, “FIGHT FOR TRUMP - JANUARY 6 - We’re Comin’!”   
      
   Derrick Evans at the January 6 insurrection as shown in a court document.   
      
   Evans took a chartered bus to Washington, D.C. He skipped Trump’s speech   
   because of the long lines and went straight to the Capitol. He saw the   
   crowd grow, overwhelm police and breach the entryway. Evans was close   
   behind.   
      
   On Facebook, Evans live streamed — and later tried to delete — video of   
   the insurrection, peppered with his own giddy commentary as he entered the   
   Capitol: “Patriots ain’t gonna stand down to tyranny anymore! Patriots   
   ain’t gonna stand down for stolen elections anymore!”   
      
   At one point, Evans is shown shouting to police officers. He turns the   
   camera to himself, wearing a helmet, and says, “Let’s go! We took it over.   
   We took it over!”   
      
   After a loud bang from the direction of the Rotunda doors, an unidentified   
   person says, “It’s time to leave.”   
      
      
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