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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:00 PM Jan 2021

Horned Capitol rioter is 'failed actor and QAnon conspiracy theorist who lives with his mother'

Jake Angeli, conocido por los usuarios de las redes sociales por aparecer en mítines republicanos (Getty Images)
A Trump supporter who became known as the ‘QAnon shaman’ after being pictured during riots at the US Capitol is reportedly a “failed actor” and conspiracy theorist described by his mother’s neighbours as “bizarre."

Jacob Angeli Chansley, 33, was charged with entering a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, and with violent entry and disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds after he participated in the mob that laid siege to the Capitol on Wednesday.

He was photographed wearing horns and carrying a spear while rioting in the Senate debating chamber and had painted his face with red, white and blue face paint.

According to the Daily Mail, Chansley has been living with his 56-year-old mother, Martha, since January 2019 after he was evicted from his apartment in Phoenix, Arizona, owing US$1,247 in rent arrears.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/horned-capitol-rioter-failed-actor-141924227.html

Lives with his mother at 33.

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Horned Capitol rioter is 'failed actor and QAnon conspiracy theorist who lives with his mother' (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
Now he can finally get a job Elwood P Dowd Jan 2021 #1
Why don't any of these guys live with their father? DBoon Jan 2021 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #3
Sorry but there's only one good reason to be doing so at his age Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #7
Not really true. Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #8
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #13
My experience with most who stayed home is they were lazy and had no ambition Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #26
Calling out the behavior I described above is not prejudice. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #27
It isn't unusual for the millenial or younger generations JonLP24 Jan 2021 #18
It's okay, Freelancer, I find liking one's mother enough Hortensis Jan 2021 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #16
Lol. Hey, I'm a mom and I make really goood fruitcake, Hortensis Jan 2021 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Jan 2021 #22
His mother was not there obamanut2012 Jan 2021 #31
Yes, I was. This one seems more the traditional treasonous mom Hortensis Jan 2021 #33
Agreed. That's not the reason to hate on this guy. kcr Jan 2021 #14
Maybe you can try and rehabilitate the guy then Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #29
I don't think this mocks people who live with their mothers StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #23
Thank you Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #28
I mean seriously StarfishSaver Jan 2021 #30
Shame him because he's a treasonous asshole, not because he lives with his mother. BlueStater Jan 2021 #4
HA HA HA Faux pas Jan 2021 #5
I guess only a mother could love someone like that. Firestorm49 Jan 2021 #6
"owing US$1,247 in rent arrears." MyOwnPeace Jan 2021 #9
Failing in the entertainment industry seems to be common theme with rw "personalities" tenderfoot Jan 2021 #10
I suspect that he won't be living w/ his mother much longer... SWBTATTReg Jan 2021 #11
He is an inner-child wrapped in an adult body and an ill-fiiting costume sanatanadharma Jan 2021 #15
He certainly now has his own brand to market...behind bars. Funtatlaguy Jan 2021 #17
The Chewbaca mankini guy. 2naSalit Jan 2021 #19
... MustLoveBeagles Jan 2021 #24
QAnon conspiracy theorist who lives with his mother likely fits a lot of them. LisaL Jan 2021 #20
So many publicity hounds moondust Jan 2021 #32

Elwood P Dowd

(11,453 posts)
1. Now he can finally get a job
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:04 PM
Jan 2021

working for the federal government. Free room and board. Might even get to wear a fresh new orange outfit to work every day.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
7. Sorry but there's only one good reason to be doing so at his age
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:11 PM
Jan 2021

That's if his mom is old and or infirm and can't care for herself. That's not the case with him.

Turin_C3PO

(16,385 posts)
8. Not really true.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:14 PM
Jan 2021

I live in an area with a large Hispanic population and there’s many cases of people staying in the same house as their parents until the parents die. Not saying this guy isn’t obviously a loser but there’s nothing inherently wrong with living with parents.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #7)

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
25. My experience with most who stayed home is they were lazy and had no ambition
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 07:06 PM
Jan 2021

And in many cases they were abusive to the parent they lived with.

I grant you there may be a few who are decent people but it this guy isn't one of them.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Reply #25)

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,388 posts)
27. Calling out the behavior I described above is not prejudice.
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 09:53 AM
Jan 2021

Why are you defending this seditious asshole?

Welcome to ignore.

JonLP24

(29,979 posts)
18. It isn't unusual for the millenial or younger generations
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:30 PM
Jan 2021

To live with parents.

There was the Great Recession that hurt prospects as well as a COVID pandemic.





When it comes to the economy, millennials really have rotten luck.

Millennials never quite healed from the Great Recession, and the economic prosperity of their elders has largely been out of reach. Ever since millennials hit adulthood – scarred by a flailing job market following the 2008 financial crisis and laden with record amounts of student debt — the generation has struggled to accumulate wealth, start families and settle into their own homes.

Now, the generation faces a new challenge: a global pandemic that’s upending the economy, just as millennials should be in the prime of their economic lives and as they represent the bulk of the U.S. workforce. And the pandemic isn’t hitting everyone evenly, with millennials bearing the brunt of layoffs, having little equity in housing, and lacking robust savings and long-standing careers to fall back on.

https://morningconsult.com/2020/09/28/millennials-economy-coronavirus-financial-impact-poll/

There is also the skyrocketing costs of education and with Republican administrations an economy that mostly benefits the 1%.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
12. It's okay, Freelancer, I find liking one's mother enough
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:21 PM
Jan 2021

to be friends admirable and a real compliment to the mother. And that's without even paying her the great respect of going to war with her, though looking at that mother, it may be she who took him.

Response to Hortensis (Reply #12)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
21. Lol. Hey, I'm a mom and I make really goood fruitcake,
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:36 PM
Jan 2021

lightly boozy and full of nuts and spices. I may be thinking of the wrong paid of mom-son traitors, though.



Response to Hortensis (Reply #21)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
33. Yes, I was. This one seems more the traditional treasonous mom
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 10:08 AM
Jan 2021

type, loyally defending and hiding him: “It takes a lot of courage to be a patriot, OK, and to stand up for what it is that you believe. Not everybody wants to be the person upfront.”

Not her, certainly.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
23. I don't think this mocks people who live with their mothers
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:39 PM
Jan 2021

It mocks people like him who portray themselves as rugged tough guy individualists who look down on others who need help when it turns out they are dependent upon others for their daily survival.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
30. I mean seriously
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 09:58 AM
Jan 2021

A guy parading around bare-chested in bearskins, horns and warpaint, roaring like he's some kind of a fierce beast in the wild should be taking care of his mother, not the other way around.

He needs to be mocked.

And what's bring said about him here is pretty mild compared to what he'll face in a federal penitentiary where his tough guy act won't be met with laughter ...

BlueStater

(7,596 posts)
4. Shame him because he's a treasonous asshole, not because he lives with his mother.
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:09 PM
Jan 2021

A lot of adults still live with their parents. Not everyone has an easy time making it in the world.

MyOwnPeace

(17,609 posts)
9. "owing US$1,247 in rent arrears."
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:16 PM
Jan 2021

And had money to get from Arizona to DC how?


Oh, and, who's putting up bail now?

 

tenderfoot

(8,982 posts)
10. Failing in the entertainment industry seems to be common theme with rw "personalities"
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:18 PM
Jan 2021

Dana Loesch
Ben Shapiro
Michael Knowles
Underwear model congress guy
etc...

sanatanadharma

(4,090 posts)
15. He is an inner-child wrapped in an adult body and an ill-fiiting costume
Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:23 PM
Jan 2021

Never grew up and still playing make believe.

moondust

(21,352 posts)
32. So many publicity hounds
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 09:59 AM
Jan 2021

and attention whores kneeling before history's most infamous publicity hound/attention whore.

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