McGuire told The Washington Post that he was at Trump's rally but didn't enter the Capitol that day. He later issued a statement saying he had joined thousands of law-abiding citizens at the rally “to voice our support of a free and fair elections process'
, but he isn't accused of joining other members of the far-right paramilitary group in storming the building.
The three rally attendees who won their Virginia House races were incumbents Del. Dave LaRock and Del. John McGuire and Marie March, who won an open seat. The two losers in Virginia were Philip Hamilton and Maureen Brody. BuzzFeed News reported that Hamilton and Brody were at the Capitol on Jan. 6. Elsewhere, “Stop the Steal” attendees winning local races included candidates for seats on the City Council in Nampa, Idaho, the Borough Council in Watchung, New Jersey, and the Board of Commissioners in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, according to published reports. Apparent losers included candidates for county executive in Pennsylvania and for the City Council in Mason, Ohio.March said during an interview Wednesday that she doesn't regret attending Trump's Jan.
“We’re in a very conservative district and a lot of people do like Donald Trump,” March said. “He was the sitting president of the United States of America at the time. We went to see him speak.” March, who owns a restaurant in Christiansburg called Due South BBQ, said she was motivated to run for office in part by an incumbentwho tweeted, “Who wants to start a BBQ joint in the where the owners don’t participate in an attempted coup?”Over 650 people have been charged with federal crimes in the Jan. 6 riot.
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