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swag

(26,488 posts)
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 12:18 AM Aug 2021

Anti-Vaccination Lawyer for Capitol Rioters Now on Ventilator With COVID-19

Source: Newsweek

BY DANIEL VILLARREAL ON 8/25/21 AT 8:12 PM EDT

John Pierce, an anti-vaccination advocate and lawyer representing people arrested for allegedly participating in the January 6 Capitol riots, has contracted COVID-19 and is reportedly on a ventilator.

When Pierce failed to appear at a Wednesday court hearing for Capitol riot suspect Shane Jenkins, his colleague Ryan Marshall told the judge, "Mr. Pierce is in the hospital, we believe, with COVID-19, on a ventilator, non-responsive," The Independent reported.

Pierce has publicly made comments against the COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates.

On August 17, Pierce tweeted, "The entire 82nd Airborne couldn't make me get an experimental government vaccine stuck in my arm."

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/anti-vaccination-lawyer-capitol-rioters-now-ventilator-covid-19-1623155?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1629937015

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Anti-Vaccination Lawyer for Capitol Rioters Now on Ventilator With COVID-19 (Original Post) swag Aug 2021 OP
What a client roster, this dude: swag Aug 2021 #1
Hmm... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #30
Perfect! mountain grammy Aug 2021 #37
Saul: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #38
karma? question everything Aug 2021 #2
I am so sad jpak Aug 2021 #3
I am so NOT sad. he made a choice, now he can live/die with it. Trueblue1968 Aug 2021 #19
Covid started out as a virus, but turned into truthisfreedom Aug 2021 #4
Great line, can I use this? n/t aggiesal Aug 2021 #7
I already stole it! Of course! truthisfreedom Aug 2021 #8
LOL, stealing. eom LittleGirl Aug 2021 #18
So succinct NJCher Aug 2021 #20
yeah? fuck him. nt orleans Aug 2021 #5
LoL denbot Aug 2021 #6
No more continuances for this guy. Demobrat Aug 2021 #9
Let's hope . . . AverageOldGuy Aug 2021 #10
... Rorey Aug 2021 #22
... Nay Aug 2021 #33
#sorrynotsorry Vdizzle Aug 2021 #11
Crisis actor probably. Schmice3 Aug 2021 #12
then die Shellback Squid Aug 2021 #13
If this is true, he sure went down hard and fast. Mr. Evil Aug 2021 #14
Delta hits hard and fast. Advances quickly. nt joetheman Aug 2021 #23
His Ambulance Chasing days multigraincracker Aug 2021 #15
He is a remarkably evil person. Jon King Aug 2021 #16
Hope the asshole doesn't infect any medical workers at the hospital. nt SunSeeker Aug 2021 #17
Do you learn from others? NJCher Aug 2021 #21
there... myohmy2 Aug 2021 #24
:shrugs: durablend Aug 2021 #25
Oh wow, he's on death's door Farmer-Rick Aug 2021 #26
I would love to know. How many of the "suits" in and around D.C. Expound the same mindset... usaf-vet Aug 2021 #27
I hope America becomes more liberal after this Darwinian moment in our history IronLionZion Aug 2021 #28
Apparently, there is no cure for an individual lack of wisdom. discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2021 #32
Talk about delusional, if any single member of the 82nd wanted him to have okaawhatever Aug 2021 #29
Attach to toe ... BlueWavePsych Aug 2021 #31
My god! What a tragic waste VWolf Aug 2021 #34
+1 BlueWavePsych Aug 2021 #35
At least it shut him up.. mountain grammy Aug 2021 #36
What goes around J3AC4 Aug 2021 #39

swag

(26,488 posts)
1. What a client roster, this dude:
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 12:20 AM
Aug 2021

Rudy Giuliani, Tulsi Gabbard, Kyle Rittenhouse, George Papadopoulos. He represents Carter Page and Proud Boys in the Capitol Riot cases.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)
38. Saul:
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 10:46 AM
Aug 2021

"Clearly His Taste In Women Is The Same As His Taste In Lawyers: Only The Very Best... With Just A Right Amount Of Dirty!"

AverageOldGuy

(1,542 posts)
10. Let's hope . . .
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 01:14 AM
Aug 2021

. . . that if he is lying at death's door, his doc can pull him through.

Hmmmm. That didn't come out right.

Or did it?

Schmice3

(294 posts)
12. Crisis actor probably.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 01:41 AM
Aug 2021

looking for a good cause continuance for his allegedly seditious clients? I don't put anything past these characters. Besides, maybe he's just exercising his 5th Amendment right to remain silent. Give him the saliva test first, otherwise, motion denied!

Shellback Squid

(8,924 posts)
13. then die
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 01:44 AM
Aug 2021

On August 17, Pierce tweeted, "The entire 82nd Airborne couldn't make me get an experimental government vaccine stuck in my arm."

Mr. Evil

(2,856 posts)
14. If this is true, he sure went down hard and fast.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 01:50 AM
Aug 2021

The only way I'd ever want to experience that is with Jenna Jameson.

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
16. He is a remarkably evil person.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 01:59 AM
Aug 2021

Wow, when you read his twitter feed you see he is a very, very terrible human being. This guy's sole purpose in life seemed to be a fake macho quest to do as much damage to his fellow humans as possible.

NJCher

(35,721 posts)
21. Do you learn from others?
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 04:46 AM
Aug 2021

In other words, you see a banana peel on the ground. Having read and seen cartoons, you know what to do.

These people seem incapable of watching a news clip of a person pleading to them while on a ventilator.

Where is the disconnect?

myohmy2

(3,176 posts)
24. there...
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 07:56 AM
Aug 2021

...are COVID pluses...

...Pierce, Trump getting the boot...

...poor Pierce, and no nuclear war...

Farmer-Rick

(10,206 posts)
26. Oh wow, he's on death's door
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 08:34 AM
Aug 2021

He did this to himself. Even TFG got the vaccine....after he caught Covid and almost died.

But the Delta variant is less forgiving.

usaf-vet

(6,207 posts)
27. I would love to know. How many of the "suits" in and around D.C. Expound the same mindset...
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 08:34 AM
Aug 2021

... "The entire 82nd Airborne couldn't make me get an experimental government vaccine stuck in my arm" are some of the same folks who would go to a "party" and use illicit drugs of an unknown source.

How many would "do a line" or two of a white powder without a second thought. Without knowing if it is in fact an experimental mixture from off the street laced with, for example, fentanyl.

According to national and local news sources, cocaine laced with fentanyl is finding its way onto our city streets with deadly results.

Of course, I suspect that any sudden death of a "suit" would be sanitized in the obit to read "died of natural causes".

IronLionZion

(45,523 posts)
28. I hope America becomes more liberal after this Darwinian moment in our history
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 09:16 AM
Aug 2021

No matter what racists like to say about race, if you use political affiliation Dems are way more vaccinated than GOP and are more likely to mask and social distance.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,482 posts)
32. Apparently, there is no cure for an individual lack of wisdom.
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 10:07 AM
Aug 2021

Collectively, the virus may boost the average IQ.

okaawhatever

(9,462 posts)
29. Talk about delusional, if any single member of the 82nd wanted him to have
Thu Aug 26, 2021, 09:49 AM
Aug 2021

the vaccine, he would have the vaccine. Heck, he probably couldn’t defend himself against the soldiers’ 12 yo sisters.

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