January 6 Capitol Rioters Toast Trump’s White House Return as Pardon Hopes Run High

‘Y’all are in trouble,’ one says in a social media video, taking a celebratory sip of Trump-branded sparkling wine.

AP/John Minchillo, file
The Capitol on January 6, 2021. AP/John Minchillo, file

WASHINGTON — As it became clear that President Trump was returning to the White House, the Florida man who posed for photos with Speaker Pelosi’s lectern during the Capitol riot popped a bottle of Trump-branded sparkling wine. “Y’all are in trouble,” he said after taking a sip in a video shared on social media.

Rioters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, are celebrating Trump’s victory and hoping he makes good on his campaign trail promise to pardon them.

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