{"id":6591,"date":"2021-01-15T17:33:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T22:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=6591"},"modified":"2022-09-20T13:26:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T17:26:38","slug":"who-is-jorge-riley-self-described-native-man-boasted-of-role-in-u-s-capitol-riot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/01\/15\/who-is-jorge-riley-self-described-native-man-boasted-of-role-in-u-s-capitol-riot\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is Jorge Riley? Self-described Native man boasted of role in U.S. Capitol riot"},"content":{"rendered":" \"jorgeriley\"\r\n
“I’m in the front where do you think I am,” Jorge Riley said from inside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n
Who is Jorge Riley?<\/div>\r\n
Self-described Native man at U.S. Capitol riot<\/div>\r\n
Friday, January 15, 2021<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nWASHINGTON, D.C. —\r\nWho is Jorge Riley? The self-described right-wing Native Republican took part in the violent riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.\r\n

<\/P>\r\nRiley definitely played the part. Like many in the crowd, he was dressed in a distinctive fashion, with feathers tied to his long, darkly colored hair.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“We pushed our way to Nancy Pelosi’s office,” Riley proudly said in a video taken<\/a> on the steps of the building. He noted that it was his first visit to the nation’s capital.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n “We broke windows,” he said of his actions. “We pushed our way in and then we kept going further and further.”\r\n

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<\/P>\r\nRiley has been active in the California Republican Assembly<\/a> and the Sacramento Republican Assembly<\/a>. The first group denounced him for his role in the mob, whose goal was to keep Donald Trump in office even though he lost the presidential election.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“It’s freezing outside but I’m here cause my President called me,” Riley said in a social media post from the National Mall on the morning of that fateful day. The photo showed him with black streaks on his face, in some form of warpaint.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nAfter hearing Trump speak, Riley and the nascent mob made their way to the U.S. Capitol, which houses the legislative branch of the U.S. government. He was soon bragging to his followers that he was at the center of the action.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“I’m in the front where do you think I am,” Riley told those watching the violence unfold in real time.\r\n

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"It's freezing outside but I'm here cause my President called me": In his first trip to Washington, D.C., Jorge Riley stormed the U.S. Capitol as part of a violent attempt to keep Donald Trump in office.

AND he documented it all on social media.

Here he is in fake warpaint. pic.twitter.com\/NaE0KMbNPT<\/a><\/p>— indianz.com (@indianz) January 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>