Meet GoldCorp, the Boogaloo-Linked Meme That Left Clues Behind at the US Capitol

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Tess Owen
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What was GoldCorp, a Boogaloo-linked meme, doing inside the Capitol on January 5, and why did it leave stickers on Pelosi and Schiff's office doors?

Meet GoldCorp, the Boogaloo-Linked Meme That Left Clues Behind at the US Capitol
A group of ex-military and special forces members claim GoldCorp is all just a joke. But why were they in the U.S. Capitol on January 5?
vice.com
7:59 AM · Mar 24, 2021

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epdyaa/meet-goldcorp-the-boogaloo-linked-meme-that-left-clues-behind-at-the-us-capitol

On January 5, the day before MAGA rioters overran police and stormed the U.S. Capitol, an obscure Twitter account called GOLDCORPDEFENSE tweeted a picture of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office door.

Affixed to the placard was a sticker showing ex-U.S. Special Forces soldier-turned-reality TV personality Terry Schappert, standing shirtless, in a pair of Speedos, wearing a snorkeling mask. The image had been edited to look like he had lasers shooting out of his eyes. The text on the sticker read: “Team work makes the dream work. GOLDCORP.”

The same sticker was left on the office door of California Rep. Adam Schiff, who led the impeachment investigation into former President Donald Trump. The GOLDCORPDEFENSE Twitter handle also posted a photo of Schiff’s door. “Stopped by to flex on “Pencil Neck,” they wrote.

We still don’t know for sure who left the GoldCorp stickers in the Capitol complex. The incident itself was largely overshadowed by the deadly insurrection on January 6. But we do know that on the same day GOLDCORPDEFENSE was tweeting those pictures, a failed congressional candidate from Texas, who had previously referenced GoldCorp online, was meeting lawmakers inside the Capitol.

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