Former Republican West Virginia state delegate Derrick Evans, one of only two elected officials convicted of offenses related January 6th, 2021, on Friday used the occasion of the MAGA insurrection’s second anniversary to announce he’s running for a House seat, the AP reports.
“I chose today to announce my bid for the House of Representatives because it is an important anniversary in US history,” said Evans in a statement. “While my name will indelibly be part of it, we should also use as a chance to remind ourselves about why democracy is so important and how easily it can be threatened,” he added, not sounding contrite at all. Evans, who was elected in November 2020 and served only briefly in the West Virginia state House as he resigned just days after the insurrection, served 90 days in jail and is still currently on probation. Evans still has a better chance of winning in his home state than fellow insurrectionist and former Otero County, New Mexico Commissioner Couy Griffin, who in September was banned from elected office in New Mexico for life under the 14th Amendment due to his conviction.