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Judi Lynn

(164,164 posts)
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 11:14 PM Jul 2022

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she's headed to

A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she’s headed to prison

JEREMY ROEBUCK THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
JULY 21, 2022 6:24 PM

The former owner of a Bucks County CrossFit gym who recorded herself during the storming of the Capitol saying she was looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “to shoot her in the friggin’ brain” was sentenced to 60 days incarceration on Thursday.

But Dawn Bancroft, 60, of Doylestown hasn’t let her conviction for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection dull her interest in politics. The onetime owner of Bucks County Elite Fitness ran for and won a spot as a committeeperson in the county’s Republican Party in May’s primary election.

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U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, meanwhile, was more resolute as he announced Bancroft’s sentence on the single misdemeanor count of illegally demonstrating on Capitol grounds to which she pleaded guilty last year. He called her threats to Pelosi “unacceptable” and couched the punishment he imposed as a signal to “misguided souls” who might be inspired to act on what Bancroft described as an idle threat.

Read more at: https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/news-services/article263716218.html


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A Pa. Capitol rioter who said she wanted to shoot Pelosi just won an election. Now, she's headed to (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2022 OP
60 freaking days?! What's the thinking behind THAT!? dchill Jul 2022 #1
60 days? chillfactor Jul 2022 #2
The 60 days was for misdemeanor offense. Not for threatening Pelosi. 3Hotdogs Jul 2022 #3
I predict a high rate of recidivism among this group of misdemeanor Trumpists. Ford_Prefect Jul 2022 #4
She reminds me Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson acolyte who Tanuki Jul 2022 #5

3Hotdogs

(15,531 posts)
3. The 60 days was for misdemeanor offense. Not for threatening Pelosi.
Thu Jul 21, 2022, 11:50 PM
Jul 2022

Lets hope an indictment for the threat comes later.

Ford_Prefect

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4. I predict a high rate of recidivism among this group of misdemeanor Trumpists.
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 07:39 AM
Jul 2022

As with many other mob members they see themselves as chosen by Trump to do this. They are addicted to the adrenaline and dopamine rush they feel when angry. DJT is an expert at pushing their buttons and manipulating their perception.

Tanuki

(16,501 posts)
5. She reminds me Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Manson acolyte who
Fri Jul 22, 2022, 08:09 AM
Jul 2022

later attempted to assassinate a president.

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