CPAC Has A Special Exhibit: A Sobbing Jan. 6 Rioter In Jail

At the Conservative Political Action Conference this week successful Dallas, attendees tin regard upon a bizarre grounds successful which an actor, pretending to beryllium a Jan. 6 rioter, sobs successful a jailhouse cell.

Because the “f**k your feelings” assemblage seemingly has a brushed spot for radical the Justice Department considers home terrorists.

Journalist Laura Jedeed documented the confounding MAGA booth Friday and described is arsenic “the astir astonishing thing” she’s ever seen.

“At this CPAC booth you person a soundless disco headset that plays harrowing grounds from the radical arrested for participating successful J6,” she tweeted. “Instead of dancing, you basal astir and ticker this feline cry.”

(Watch video of the show successful the subordinate above.)

CPAC attendees look astatine a bizarre grounds successful which an actor, pretending to beryllium a Jan. 6 rioter, sobs successful a jailhouse cell.

Laura Jedeed

“What I request you to recognize is that I stood present for astir fractional an hr yesterday and this feline NEVER broke character,” Jedeed added, seeming genuinely impressed by the actor’s committedness to the role.

“He wept sitting connected the bench. He wept sitting connected the floor. He tallied days connected a chalkboard acceptable up for the purpose.”

Straka’s enactment didn’t respond to an email seeking clarity connected the exhibit’s meaning. Presumably, though, it wasn’t a genuine look of remorse for participating successful a convulsive onslaught connected the U.S. Capitol and a tacit admittance that actions person consequences.