Floyd Ray Roseberry, the suspect that has been sitting in his pickup truck outside the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. with an alleged explosive device, said in his Facebook Live video that he wants to talk to President Joe Biden. Roseberry’s account has been taken down, but video clips of his rantings have circulated on social media. Roseberry is from Grover, North Carolina, and he called on “patriots” to join him.
A congressional reporter for The Guardian Hugo tweeted that Roseberry shared a Facebook video yesterday featuring Donald Trump Jr. riling Trump supporters against President Joe Biden.
Domestic violent extremist threatening to detonate a bomb at US Capitol shared a Facebook video yesterday from Don Jr riling Trump supporters against Biden
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 19, 2021
Photos surfaced on Twitter of Roseberry.
casually seeing witnessing a bomb threat on the way to class nbd love this country #capitol #libraryofcongress pic.twitter.com/inpBJP0cCy
— fupa mama (@nirvananoir) August 19, 2021
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Here is part of the suspect’s video/manifesto.
This appears to be the livestream of the man who is sitting in the pickup truck near the US Capitol https://t.co/sNKdRHRQSU pic.twitter.com/fywOoRkuWI
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) August 19, 2021
He’s completely unhinged, and that’s who Don Jr. riled up.
ah…that could be why he accelerated his revolution timeline. On 8/14 it was planned for Labor Day: https://t.co/utjjUYvsas
— NOT.A.BOT!! (@MarthaM00086745) August 19, 2021
The MAGA bomber has surrendered.
Just in: Domestic violent extremist who was threatening to detonate a bomb at the US Capitol appears to have surrendered himself to law enforcement and FBI — crawling out of his pickup truck on all fours.
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 19, 2021
Just like an insurrection. Donald Trump Jr. incited a bomb threat at the US Capitol.
— Avenger Resister (@AvengerResister) August 19, 2021
The suspect said in his 30-minute rant that “only Joe Biden” can detonate the explosive he claimed to have. “If you shoot me, two and a half blocks are going with me. Then you’re talking about a revolution. The revolution is on. It’s today.”
“I told my wife I’d be home by Sunday. I’m looking for all my other patriots to come out and help me, ’cause I’ve got it standing, I’ve got the foundation built people,” he said.
He’s another example of the extremists that the twice-impeached one-term president and his adult family members throw red meat at to whip their base into a frenzy.
Featured image via Gage Skidmore/Flickr, under Creative Commons license 2.0
