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House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.) endorsed a convicted Capitol rioter in his primary challenge against a sitting House Republican.
It's a stark escalation of Republicans' lionization of those imprisoned for their roles on Jan. 6.

Good said in a statement he is supporting former West Virginia legislator #Derrick #Evans, who was sentenced three months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 attack, over Rep. Carol Miller (R-W.Va.).

Evans would be the first convicted Capitol rioter to serve in Congress
– Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wisc.), elected in 2022, was present on Capitol grounds but not charged.

Evans, who was elected to the West Virginia House of Delegates in 2020, resigned just over a month into his term after filming himself participating on Jan. 6.

In the days after the attack, Evans was charged with five criminal counts including obstructing an official proceeding.

In 2022 he pleaded guilty to one felony count of civil disorder.
Miller,
a leader of the center-right Republican Main Street Caucus,
raised $580,000 to Evans' $290,000 as of the end of 2023, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The election is May 14.

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