CONFIRMED: Activist Interviewed by CNN Who Stormed Capitol Building Is Radical Leftist from Utah Who Threatened on Video to "Rip Trump from White House" via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/rgg1UVE9E5
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 7, 2021
CONFIRMED: Activist Interviewed by CNN Who Stormed Capitol Building Is Radical Leftist from Utah Who Threatened on Video to "Rip Trump from White House" via @gatewaypundit https://t.co/rgg1UVE9E5
— Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) January 7, 2021
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Why Ashli was among Antifa/BLM thugs? Why did she climb up the window? Why this guy Sullivan conveniently happened to be next to her and videotaped her killing? There were no true Trump’s patriots, especially women among rioters in the Capitol building… Looks very suspicious… They needed victims…
@ Edgar G.:
All the reports say “a 14 year veteran”…
@ Ted Belman:
TED- A political guru NEVER admits to being confused about anything…..!!
Yes the headline was wrong and has been corrected. I got confused when reading about Sullivan. Too much haste. My apologies.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper did in fact interview a man named John Sullivan, described by CNN as a “left wing activist,” about the riots, and it did broadcast a video that Sullivan took of the shooting of Ashli Babbit. Sullivan was standing very close to Babbit and was able to film the entire shooting.
Several right-wing sites have documented Sullivan’s long background as a BLM activist, and his convictions for BLM rioting and destruction of property in Utah. He gave inciting hate-Trump speeches at BLM rallies that have been videotaped.
My guess is that he was there as as a CNN reporter. Anderson Cooper, after all, “found” him quickly enough. Of course CNN would not disclose publicly that this guy was CNN’s reporter “on the spot.”
However, CNN does appear to have documentation from Ashli Babbit’s Twitter account that she was a genuine pro-Trump activist and has been at least since 2018. I haven’t seen anything on pro-Trump sites that suggest otherwise.
This is from the site ptnewsnetwork.com:
“Known Violent BLM/ Antifa Member Caught on Film Inside Capitol
January 7, 2021
Watching the events unfold at the nation’s Capitol today, a familiar face was spotted inside the capitol and was also standing next to Ashli Babbitt, the woman who lost her life when she was shot and killed by law enforcement while attempting to enter the interior of the Capitol. Three other individuals lost their lives during the protest that turned into a group storming the Capitol. The only problem is… he is definitely not a “Trump supporter”.
John Sullivan is the founder of the civil rights group Insurgence USA and does not align politically with President Donald Trump. This is not the first time that Sullivan has been in D.C. for protest, and he has been in D.C. this week to plan and prepare for Wednesday’s rally at the Capitol.
Read our Previous Coverage: From Olympic Hopeful to Domestic Terrorist: Meet John Sullivan
According to KUTV, Sullivan said at one point says that he witnessed a protester take a riot shield from an officer, “and he started slamming the riot shield against the cop, took that, threw it down the steps, and threw the officer down the steps as well.”
Sullivan said he was not at the Capitol as part of the protest but did not specify what exactly brought him there. Sullivan said he was able to get inside through a broken window.
“Protesters weren’t really, like, trying to burn anything down, they weren’t really trying to break anything, their main motive was to make it into the chambers,” Sullivan said.
And in that process, one woman was shot and killed, and Sullivan was standing right next to her when it happened. “I remember looking into her eyes and seeing the lifelessness and understanding that she was dead,” he said.
Police were no match for the overwhelming amount of people. There was a crowd of about, I would say, more than 50,000 people just at the Capitol base trying to get in,” Sullivan said.
“Those protesters got really angry and busted through those officers really quickly, and yeah, you could really freely move around, you could go into any room and look out the window, so it was really surreal to see.”
The chaos shows how upset people are, Sullivan said.
“I think history will remember this day as a day America definitely changed forever,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan recorded the aftermath and was later interviewed by CNN’s Anderson Cooper about his experience.
Sullivan said he’s hearing the White House and the BLM Monument could be next targets, so he’s staying in D.C. to see what happens before coming back to Utah.
Read our previous coverage of John Sullivan here.
The last time Sullivan was in D.C. for a protest, he had a lot to say about his plans for the future, and it was captured on video. Sullivan openly calls for President Trump’s to be ripped out of the White House. .
“BLM inc. threatening to “rip the president out of the White House.” They say they won’t wait until the next election.They’re openly calling for a revolution.This is domestic terrorism on full display, out in the open. They don’t even try to hide it.”, wrote Charlie Kirk on Twitter.
This is not the first time we have covered Sullivan during this past year due to his violent mob tactics and riots.
In July, Sullivan was arrested for his role in organizing a violent protest in Provo, UT, in which a driver was shot by a protester who was blocking a road. Several days later, Sullivan was arrested, charged with rioting, making a threat of violence, and criminal mischief.
According to the police affidavit, “The protest traveled on the roadways blocking motorists who have the right of way. John Sullivan blocked vehicles from freely moving lawfully. During the course of the protest, two handguns were brandished, and two shots were fired toward a motorist traveling to Home Depot. Vehicles were damaged by protestors as well as by John Sullivan. As a protest organizer, John Sullivan is heard talking about seeing the shooting, looking at the gun, and seeing smoke coming from it. John did not condemn the attempted murder nor attempt to stop it nor aide in its investigation by police.”
According to numerous witnesses at the protest, he was also caught on video threatening to beat a woman and kicking her car door hard enough to leave a dent. As we would find out, Sullivan not only attended but organized that protest without a permit, and between 80 and 100 people showed up to unlawfully block the roadway.
Sullivan also recently traveled to Portland, OR and Los Angeles, CA, where he participated in protests and demonstrations. In a video posted online, Sullivan jokes about his anti-police stance while making fun of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Deputies. Sullivan also jokes about being part of the anti-fascist movement, seemingly to commenters in his video.
Sullivan grew up part of a wealthy family in northern Virginia. Sullivan and his brothers were all nationally ranked inline speed skaters and competed in competitions throughout the United States and international competitions in Spain, France, and Italy.
When Sullivan finished high school, he relocated to Salt Lake City, UT, to begin training as a professional speed skater. While in a specialized speed training program, Sullivan worked various odd jobs until he turned 21, when he began a new job, driving an Uber.
Two questions. If the people who were allegedly laying siege on our Capitol were Trump supporters, what was a Trump-hating, far left-wing activist front and center during the takeover? Was he alone or did he have friends there?
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Change your headline Ted!
And what on has all this to do with the late Ashley Babbitt? Better lay off the C for a while and check your sources before PUI.
This story is f-ed up. If you can’t report any better than this, you should get out of the business.
You should correct the title because your source says it is ANOTHER person, John Sullivan, who is the radical leftist and says not a word that Ashli Babbit is.