NEW: Three men who participated in efforts to storm the Oregon Capitol Dec. 21 also appear to have traveled to Washington D.C to take part in the failed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

W/ @conradjwilson https://www.opb.org/article/2021/01/10/oregon-washington-protest-insurrection-david-anthony-medina-tim-davis/
At least 3 men from Oregon protest appear to have joined insurrection at U.S. Capitol

Over the past year, political extremists have escalated their tactics without significant intervention from law enforcement. Last week’s attempt to subvert democracy was merely the latest in a string...

https://www.opb.org/article/2021/01/10/oregon-washington-protest-insurrection-david-anthony-medina-tim-davis/
“When the president calls you, you feel it’s your constitutional duty to go,” says Tim Davis
David Medina is the founder of Oregonians for Trump and former campaign manager for Anna Kasachev, a failed Republican challenger for House District 22.

“We were good people, the government did this to us, we were normal, good law abiding citizen, and you guys did this to us,”
A third man, seen in this video assaulting a journalist in Salem two weeks before the insurrection.

He is also seen in this Getty photo inside the Capitol in DC
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/supporters-of-us-president-donald-trump-enter-the-us-news-photo/1230454311 https://twitter.com/MrOlmos/status/1341137620332552192
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