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The following lawmakers and other individuals objected to the outcome of the 2020 presidential election by supporting protests and rallies claiming that the election had been ‘stolen.’
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About On Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump demonstrators protested at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. The protest descended into violence when right-wing protesters fought with BLM members and other progressive groups. Ohio Highway Patrol troopers and Columbus Police officers were called in to break up the skirmishes. The right-wing activists held their rally under the banner … Read more
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Scott Perry (R-Pa.) is a right-wing congressman who has represented what is now Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. He became chair of the renegade House Freedom Caucus in January 2022 and is one of Trump’s staunchest supporters on Capitol Hill.
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About Sean Reyes (R) has been the attorney general of Utah since he was first appointed by the governor in 2013. His most recent reelection in 2020 was for a five-year term. An ardent MAGA Republican and Trump supporter, Reyes served as Utah co-chair of his 2020 reelection campaign. Once Biden won, the AG helped … Read more
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About Pete Sessions (R-Texas) first served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997–2019. In 2020, he regained his seat representing Texas’ 17th Congressional District and won again in the 2022 midterm election. Throughout his more than two decades in Congress, Sessions has gained a reputation for his right-wing positions and hypocrisy. He holds a … Read more
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Roger Stone is a political consultant who served as a campaign adviser to Donald Trump in 2015 and ultimately remained an ally despite being fired from the campaign due to a reported falling out between the two men.
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Longtime Trump ally and political trickster Roger Stone originally created Stop the Steal as a registered 527 organization in 2016—initially to fight GOP efforts to keep Trump off the Republican ticket that year and later to discredit an expected presidential win by Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
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On Nov. 6, 2020, a small Stop the Steal rally took place in Madison, Wisconsin to protest alleged election fraud in the state.
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On Nov. 5, 2020, pro-Trump demonstrators gathered outside the Arizona Capitol building and the Maricopa County Elections Department office to protest alleged election fraud.
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On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump supporters in Spokane, Washington gathered for a Stop the Steal rally to protest the certification of President Biden’s electoral victory.
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Virginia (Ginni) Thomas is a conservative lobbyist and activist who has been married to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas since 1987. Numerous conflict of interest charges have arisen as a result of their long crusade together fighting for “a more conservative America.”