The International Underwear Model Who Stormed the Capitol Is Now Running for Congress
Politics,Politicians,Campaigns,US Congress,January 6,Republican Party
When Florida congressional candidate John Strand introduces himself to potential voters, he starts with his criminal record. "I'm John Strand, patriot for Congress, the J6 hostage who went to prison on principle so that you don't have to," he said at a January debate hosted by the Women's Republican Club of Naples Federated.
The former international underwear model spent about a year in federal prison after a DC jury convicted him of five criminal counts, including one felony, related to his participation in the January 6 assault on the US Capitol...
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