J.D. Vance thinks the “QAnon Shaman” would be “a fun guy to have a beer with.”
In a recently resurfaced speech from 2023, Vance said that Jacob Chansley, more popularly known as the “QAnon Shaman,” should have gotten a lighter prison sentence since he was only “walking around the Capitol.”
“It was a crazy guy with, like, the bullhorns … he looked like he’d be a fun guy to have a beer with, right? The Q shaman,” said Vance.
JD Vance weighs in on famous Jan 6 participant “The QAnon Shaman” in a 2023 speech:
“He looked like he’d be a fun guy to have a beer with,” should’ve gotten a lighter prison sentence. pic.twitter.com/fT8s183Vxx
— Will Sommer (@willsommer) July 26, 2024
Chansley received a 41-month prison sentence in November 2021 and was charged with obstruction of an official proceeding. He was released early from federal prison and sent to a reentry center in March 2023.
Following his prison sentence, Chansley indicated he was interested in running for Arizona’s 8th congressional district seat, but he missed the deadline to get enough signatures.
One Republican actually has met up with Chansley. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said she was “honored” to meet the QAnon Shaman back in December 2023 at a Turning Point USA event.
“When I spoke with Jake, he is remarkably positive, happy, forgiving, and determined. Most people would be crushed and forever destroyed after being treated so horrendously by the media and their own government, but not Jake,” Greene wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
Maybe the three can grab a beer together?
