Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) told an audience during a 2023 event that he would like to have a beer with Jan. 6 rioter Jacob Chansley, also known as the QAnon Shaman.
“This guy who was sentenced to four years in prison for literally walking around in the Capitol,” Vance said of Chansley in the video, reported by The Washington Post and Mediaite. The clip was taken “at an unspecified event in 2023 ,” according to Mediaite. “We were taught it was a crazy guy with, like, the bullhorns, you know what I’m talking about? He looked like he’d be a fun guy to have a beer with, right? The Q shaman, that’s what they called this guy.”
“Look, this guy may have broken the law, I don’t know, but he sure as heck should not be spending four years in prison,” Vance added. “Nothing they showed on video would make me think that this guy should be going to prison for four years.”
