An antigay House Republican has just admitted to barricading himself in a bathroom with a 160-year-old sword during the January 6 insurrection on the U.S.
Capitol.According to The New York Times, Rep. Bruce Westerman of Arkansas said he fled to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy‘s office after the MAGA militia breached the Capitol building.
At some point, the GOP leader’s security team rushed McCarthy to a more secure location, but for whatever reason they left Westerman behind to fend for himself.The New York Times reports:After the House chamber was evacuated on Jan.
6, Mr. McCarthy retreated to his Capitol office with a colleague, Representative Bruce Westerman, Republican of Arkansas. When it became evident the rioters were breaking.